NEW YORK — A Hollywood writer-director was arrested Tuesday on charges that he swindled $11 million from Netflix for a sci-fi show that never aired, instead steering the cash toward cryptocurrency investments and a series of lavish purchases that included a fleet of Rolls-Royces and a Ferrari.
Carl Erik Rinsch — perhaps best known for directing the film '47 Ronin' — has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering over what federal prosecutors allege was a scheme to defraud the streaming giant.
