The $690 Million Hollywood Ponzi Scheme [#168]
Heist Podcast
Matt And Sie
4.8 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
F-list actor Zack Horwitz (Stage name Zack Avery) was on his way to becoming a big time actor and at the same time he was the head of a massive investment group that was selling movie rights to Netflix, HBO and Sony. Well at least that's what his investors thought, turns out Zack didn't know any one from the major studios. Zack Attack was actually just running a textbook Ponzi scheme. Come for the scam, stay for all the hilarious stuff we dug up about this ridiculous character. You may have heard this story from other sources but none of them are telling it the way we are. HEEEEIIISSST!
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| 0:00.0 | And the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor goes to |
| 0:04.0 | Zach Avery for his role in the Getaway. |
| 0:09.0 | Oh, wait. |
| 0:10.0 | Oh, no, hold on. |
| 0:12.0 | It looks like Zach Avery is in jail for running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme. |
| 0:17.0 | All right, well, I'll just give it to Anthony Hopkins then. |
| 0:22.8 | Heist. |
| 0:27.0 | Hiest podcast. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello, everybody, and welcome to episode 168 of Heist podcast, a true crime podcast without any of the murder. I'm Simon. And I'm Matt. Matt, how are you doing today, buddy? Doing good, man. Fun episode, fun episode to do. It's been pretty busy a couple, you know, a week or so. So, yeah, I'm a little worse for wear. But, but yeah, I'm bringing it. I'm ready to have some fun. |
| 0:54.8 | All right. Well, let's have some fun. Let's dabble into some heist news. You ready? |
| 0:58.3 | Let's do it. All right. |
| 1:00.6 | Heist in the news. |
| 1:02.8 | Okay. So this first one comes from Yahoo News, and it's Kelso Man Facing Thief, |
| 1:09.2 | burglary allegations in Alani Casino Heist. |
| 1:12.9 | So you hear Casino Heist, |
| 1:15.2 | your mind goes to Oceans 11. |
| 1:17.7 | Your mind goes to... |
| 1:19.0 | Danny Ocean. |
| 1:19.6 | Some of the crazier levels of heist that we've talked about, right? |
| 1:24.0 | Bear with us. |
| 1:25.1 | Listen to this story. |
| 1:26.2 | Tell us if it's up there |
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