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Australian True Crime

ATC Plus *Preview*: The Hollywood Manager Who Stole Millions

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

This is a preview of a full-lenth bonus episode for Australian True Crime Plus subscribers. To listen to all of our bonus episodes, plus early and ad-free access to every episode of the podcast, you can subscribe on either Apple Podcasts or at Acast.


Jonathan Todd Schwartz was a leading entertainment manager when he embezzled money from his superstar clients to feed his addictions.


And when I say superstar, I'm not exaggerating. Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Linkin Park and Alanis Morissette were just some of the people who trusted him with their money.


Jonathan has now dedicated his life to supporting others in addiction recovery, and you can visit his Instagram here.


Do you have information regarding any of the cases discussed on this podcast? Please report it on the Crime Stoppers website or by calling 1800 333 000.


Click here to subscribe to ATC Plus on Apple Podcasts and access all ATC episodes early and ad-free, as well as exclusive bonus episodes.


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CREDITS:

Guest Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on instagram.

Guest: Jonathan Todd Schwartz

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard


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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a preview of a full-length bonus episode available for subscribers of Australian True Crime Plus.

0:06.6

Subscribers get access to all of our bonus episodes, as well as early and add free access to every episode of the podcast.

0:19.0

I'm stretching the plus in ATC Plus with this episode because it's not an Australian crime at all.

0:25.4

But I thought it was too interesting a story to pass up. So it's only for you, our generous subscribers.

0:32.4

Our guest today is Jonathan Todd Schwartz, who committed a crime so cliché there's a Seinfeld episode about it.

0:39.6

Jonathan was a leading entertainment manager when he embezzled money from his superstar clients

0:44.5

to feed his addictions. And when I say superstar, I'm not exaggerating.

0:50.2

Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Lincoln Park and Alanis Morissette were just some of the people who trusted him with their money.

0:58.8

We begin this conversation by finding out how Jonathan achieved their trust and became one of the biggest financial managers in Hollywood.

1:06.9

This is Australian True Crime. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created,

1:13.4

the Waurundri Woi Warang people of the Koolan Nation.

1:17.1

And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains discussions around suicide.

1:27.0

Hey guys, it's Max and George here from the Useless Hotline podcast and we're currently sponsored by HMRC.

1:32.9

We all know a good side hustle is a great way to earn some cash.

1:36.1

But if you do have a little side gig outside your main job, you might still need to tell HMRC.

1:42.1

Exactly.

1:42.9

Otherwise, you might get hit with an unexpected tax bill and nobody wants that.

1:48.3

Check HMRC's tax guide to know if you need to tell them and how.

1:53.7

To take the hassle out of the hustle, search HMRC, help for hustles.

1:59.6

My headache won't go away

2:01.6

I get blurry vision

2:03.2

My balance is awful

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