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film producers jailed for' audacious' £2. 2m film tax scam | uk news | the guardian
for some, it’s the nature of the film industry and doing business in asia that allowed the scam to happen .
it was an elaborate scam that made one county court prosecutor feel as if he was reading a film script as he scanned the list of charges .
do not fall for this scam. sad that it preys on people looking for work .
i didn’t just start in this industry yesterday. i know a scam when i see one .
we have been made aware of scam that is affecting the members of our publicly available online production directory. the scam is an email from a “johann martinez” claiming to have gotten the user’s information from the nevada film office and informing them of a job opportunity .
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two film producers have been jailed for their part in an “audacious” £2. 2m tax scam “motivated by the pure greed of wealthy individuals”, according to hm revenue and customs .
since contacting yen’s manager wang, who is understandably upset about how the film has been used to scam artists, the imdb page for the master has finally been taken down .
there is a hiring scam in the film industry aimed at production assistants. their ideal target? someone who is new and eager to the business, with little experience how the hiring process works .
in other variations of the scam, there’s a lot more travel involved–probably to make the shoot sound more alluring and exotic .
azzopardi, hughes and wilkins yesterday admitted their involvement in the scam that spanned five years, between june 1998 and may 2003 .
attach to the email is the deal demo and you were recommended by film commission .
we are presently working on a short film which i’m directing the production aspect, although work hasn’t commenced and we should start working on the film in next 3 weeks .
indie film investors scammed in plot fit for a b movie | l. a. weekly
daniel craig' s bond will be in
wedded bliss
in the next 007 film .
the film' s like taken with bond ,
a source explained to page six .
throughout the production period. we are presently working on a short film which i’m directing the production
after several reports of others receiving a similar message we looked into the issue and discovered that this is a known scam going around affecting others in the film production industry, it’s just that the scammer is using our name in this particular incident .
most incidents have occurred in southern california, where film crews and their sprawling equipment are sometimes regarded as a disruption to neighborhood life. but the scam has also surfaced in san francisco, santa rosa, san luis obispo and elsewhere across the state .
on top of her clear knowledge of the industry and makeup terminology, but the film’s imdb page .
aspect, although work hasn’t commenced and we should start working on the film in next 3 weeks .
as the editor, you will assists the film director by establishing the visual look of the movie .
in a random survey of production personnel, the california film commission documented scores of cases in which residents, merchants, gardeners or others held film crews hostage by disrupting work until a wallet cracked open .
scenes such as this are growing more common in california, film industry representatives say, as an increasing number of opportunists prey on on - location film crews with a harass - for - cash extortion scheme .
if you’ve never worked on a film set before, it’s highly unlikely someone would pay for your travel .
as the assistance producer, you will assists the film director by establishing the visual look of the movie .
as the production assistance, you will assists the film director by establishing the visual look of the movie .
i just got this scam from a text message from a 510 number for a grip position. the email address i was given to reply was johannmartinezproductioninc @ urltoken .
i' m laryssa, and when i' m not working in film or television, i' m attempting to travel - - or i' m here, providing resources for working in film or travel. read more
photography, motion - controlled time - lapse, and creative dslr film - making. i also hold private and group
. reordering and fine - tuning the content to ensure the logical sequencing and smooth running of the film / video .
yes, non - existent. there never was such a film in production, but petitions likes these were circulated anyway :
mr lane :
yes, your honour. it seems fictional... it reads like a film script .
the movie’s director, li yang, dismissed as “ridiculous” the idea that suspects in isolated corners of the countryside had seen his film. because of its grim plot, the chinese authorities banned the film before it was released, and it has rarely been seen except by urban film enthusiasts. even mr. li had difficulty tracking down bootleg dvds of it, he said .
but her queries weren’t regarding those with the big - budget credentials a film of the scale of the master would usually demand .
“everyone looks at imdb, and it' s almost currency for independent films in development. by having donnie yen’s name on the film for so long just legitimized the con men’s agenda and allowed a lot of good people to believe it was a real film
the scam apparently worked like this: telemarketers would cold - call potential investors from
lead lists
- much like the ones made famous in glengarry glen ross - and made false claims, including that 93 percent of the money would go toward producing the film and that investors would see up 1, 000 percent returns .
scam of disrupting movie sets is on rise: hollywood: production companies say they are forced to make payoffs to silence noisy people or get them out of a shot. legislation introduced to battle trend .
the film, currently under the working title bond 25, will see bond get married, sources on the project told page six .
scam of disrupting movie sets is on rise: hollywood: production companies say they are forced to make payoffs to silence noisy people or get them out of a shot. legislation introduced to battle trend. - latimes
according to the lengthy treatment, the film comes with a healthy budget in the $ 60 million - $ 73 million range, with yen producing through his super hero films banner in collaboration with chinese giant huaxia film distribution. sitting in the director’s chair is a proven hit - maker
there are grumpy people out there who do this out of sheer greediness ,
said patti stolkin archuletta, film commission director .
these aren' t thugs or criminals, just people who have this idea that the film industry is a cash cow with deep pockets .
and, please, forward her email on to me if you would (laryssa at needlegirlhaystackworld. com) – i’m starting to posting examples of each scam to help people out who are suspicious, like you were !
i got this exact same email today too. i naively replied with my contact info but it seems like the real “scam” happens when i try to cash any checks they may send me. thanks for posting laryssa !
“kelvin hoffman” tried to get me too. everything about the so - called company he represents is bogus. not sure how the scam works but i’m sure at some point, they ask you to send them money .
jesus and his disciples are going to be portrayed as homosexual in a soon - to - be - released film. see example (s )
how the scam actually works is tricky, but i know these companies will send fraudulent checks for you to cash to “pay for your travel”. when that check doesn’t clear, that’s where the scam comes into play and i’m not entirely sure what happens — if they ask that you cover the expense, if they steal your bank info, or what — but basically, the gig never materializes and you’re out the cash they were supposedly fronting you .
however, with the film still present on imdb and no statement declaring any inactivity, there wasn’t any reason to believe it wasn’t still going ahead .
this is horrible. a sample of the email here. googled them and couldn’t find a tiny foot print of a film company called the rain studios
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
modern film news, which reported the film plans, has been out of business for more than two years. moreover, 90 percent of the protest mail that has been overwhelming our staff is addressed to the former attorney general, william j. scott, who has been out of office longer than four years .
and irs agents this week arrested and charged 18 people who now face fraud and money laundering charges relating to a telemarketing “boiler room” scam that solicited $ 25 million in so - called investments in indie films with false promises of up to 1, 000% returns. the scam was run in southern california and florida. while some of the movies were actually produced, the indictments allege that the defendants lied, gave half - truths and concealed material facts from investors around the nation .
we really feel we need some assistance at this time that’s why we need someone who can work with us hand in hand throughout the production period. we are presently working on a short film which i’m directing the production aspect, although work hasn’t commenced and we should start working on the film in next 2 weeks .
i really feel i need some assistance at this time that’s why i need someone who can work with me hand in hand throughout the production period. we are presently working on a short film which i’m directing the production aspect, although work hasn’t commenced and we should start working on the film in next 15 days .
i really feel i need some assistance at this time that’s why i need someone who can work with me hand in hand throughout the production period. we are presently working on a short film which i’m directing the production aspect, although work hasn’t commenced and we should start working on the film in next 3 weeks .
i received a screening copy of this film and watched it last night without having any idea what to expect. from start to finish, the film was excellent. the acting was great, especially by lead man zachary green who - according to imdb this is his first acting credit - was flawless in his performance. the screenplay was also spot on. there were several twists and turns - right up until the end - that i never saw coming. the dialogue felt authentic and the characters were likable and memorable - not an easy feat considering they' re all scam artists. there was also a lot of social commentary on the justice system in america, something that writer ryan priest embeds seamlessly into the story. this film won several awards at a san diego independent film festival and they were all well deserved. i would highly recommend seeing it if you have the chance .
but the rep urged “anyone who thinks they may have been targeted by fraudsters in this way, or may have been a victim of this fraud, ” to still issue a report, enabling the bureau to build up a profile and warn others. the scam has also been brought to the attention of bectu, the u. k. ’s union for film and tv crew, which has issued an alert .
in california, film production amounts to an annual $ 16. 3 - billion industry, with about half that sum spent on payroll, according to commission figures .
the feds announced today that they' ve arrested a dozen people for apparently running a boiler room scam, promising astronomical returns in exchange for money to produce indie films. nine people have been arrested in southern california and three have been nabbed in florida .
zhao explained she was in the process of finding a principal makeup artist to oversee the film’s makeup and hair styling team and was enquiring regarding a particular individual. adding authenticity
with little understood about the designs of the scam or the intentions of zhao, there were concerns for pitchford’s safety. with her out in a car all day, somebody could have tampered with her luggage to smuggle drugs out of the country. nothing was known .
“this is ultimately where the scam was, ” says pitchford. “actually, if you were going to america or south africa or wherever, $ 1, 200 for someone to drive you personally for four days isn’t that much money, and not that unusual. ”
this person is retrieving contact information from our publicly available crew / vendor production directory and reaching out to people and businesses listed under the guise of having “received your information from nevada film office” .
alert the real production company that they’re being impersonated so they can take legal action. if you are listed on job boards, alert the job board of the scam. leave a comment here or at our facebook group with the details — it could help others figure out if they’re a target .
cecilia wang said that development on this film had long since halted. she added that super hero films – a joint venture between yen and media asia first unveiled at the hong king filmmart in 2013
imagine the excitement - you' re at home at night, feeding the kids, when suddenly the phone rings and someone asks you to be a part of hollywood and invest in an independent film .
just got this today! !! scam email: greetings, i hope this beautiful day finds you doing well? i received your resume in response to the my text, thanks for the confirmation of your availability and sorry for the delay in response. your resume has been reviewed and you sounds great .
as it happens, there was a film in development called the master, first announced by yen in 2013 as a project for his then - new super hero films banner. and the brief plot details revealed at the time did concern the owner of a martial arts gym and a vengeance - seeking gun shop owner. cheang was set to direct, with yen also cast. this was the film listed on imdb .
if he were to remake the film today, mr. li said in a telephone interview, “it wouldn’t have anything different, except the amounts of money scammed would be larger and the perpetrators would be gangs. ”
if you know anyone else trying to get into the film industry, share this post with them. the only way to beat these unscrupulous asses is to educate and prevent future victims — eventually they’ll stop this fiasco .
this innovative film, designed exclusively for gay audiences, goes into excruciating detail concerning the erotic career of jesus christ. the ads for the film show the face of the savior (with a cross glistening in one eye) while the headline inquires ‘are you curious about his sexual life? ’ filmmaker ed d. louie satisfies that curiosity by showing us that the son of man was a voracious homosexual. (after all, why did he spend all that time hanging around with the apostles ?) the central character of the film is actually a young gay male in contemporary america whose sexual obsession with jesus helps him to understand the “hidden meaning” of the gospels .
huaxia is one of two state - owned distributors in china, part of an oligopoly with china film co. that controls all hollywood films imported into the country. in other words, it’s a major and legitimate business .
after around 10 days of emails and calls discussing the film and role, zhao said she wanted cichon to travel to china, then swiftly changed her mind and said she was needed in jakarta for the first stage of production .
the nevada film office does not solicit via email or text message nor do we work in conjunction with other 3rd parties soliciting services. the production database is available online to connect crews and vendors with productions looking to hire them .
this piece about an upcoming “gay jesus film” is one of those examples that demonstrates a good petition never goes away, even when the issue it addresses has long since been settled (or was never really an issue in the first place). the “gay jesus film” petition first hit the fan in 1984, and by the end of 1985 more than a million christians had written protest letters in an attempt to have the non - existent movie it referenced banned .
largely derided among viewers for aussie lazenby' s wooden performance in the wake of sean connery' s retirement, the film has since been reappraised for its mod - leanings, new wave - esque aesthetics, and that tragically affecting ending .
therain studios is full service film & video production company. we specialize in branded content, corporate videos, digital content and post - production. the company was founded in 2009 and is based in los angeles with additional office in tennessee .
alongside the british consulate, action fraud, the u. k. ’s fraud reporting center, has been told about the master and the emails from zhao. speaking to thr, a representative for the national fraud intelligence bureau said that the geography of the scam was out of its jurisdiction, so it hadn’t been passed on to the police force for further investigation .
this isn’t a new scam — it’s been going around for at least six months. the anonymous production assistant mentioned it a few months ago, but the scammers haven’t stopped. it breaks my heart because their target is the kind of person who reads this blog: a hard worker with nothing but a dream and the desire to just get their one chance. and it’s disgusting .
production runners are the foot soldiers of a film or television production team, performing small but important tasks in the office, around the set and on location. their duties may involve anything from office administration to crowd control, and from public relations to cleaning up locations. production runners are usually employed on a freelance basis, are not very well paid, and their hours are long and irregular. however, the work is usually extremely varied and provides a good entry level role into the film industry .
in variations of the scam, the proposed rate is something obscene — $ 400 or $ 500 per day, plus travel expenses. once you reach a certain level, then yes, you can make that kind of money — but let’s be real, this is not a realistic rate for a production assistant gig. the average rate for a pa ranges from $ 150 - $ 250 .
i’ve been in the industry long enough to feel suspicious about it so i didn’t respond, then i googled his name and lo and behold i have found this site with his name and scams everywhere. decided to post here to add to the good work people are doing here making people aware of this scam artist. the phone number he texted me from is 510 - 254 - 2028 .
whether zhao and her fellow fraudsters find another stagnant film to claim as her own, give it legs and use it to defraud more industry professionals out of their money remains to be seen. in the literature created for the master, they certainly have a template .
also i specialize in landscape and night - sky photography, motion - controlled time - lapse, and creative dslr film - making. i also hold private and group workshops and classes, as i love to teach other people how to achieve their creative photographic vision .
the non - existence of a “gay jesus film” did not stem the ire of those who heard about it. blasphemy — even the mere hint of it — is enough to mobilize good christian soldiers everywhere. in 1988, martin scorsese’s the last temptation of christ reaped massive publicity — and long lines at the box office — after fundamentalist christians picketed theaters. the uproar wasn’t over a gay jesus, merely one who both questioned his fate and who had a dream about a sexual relationship with mary magdalene. the film remains controversial to this day .
as the director of photography, you will assists with production designers, art directors, set dressers and even wardrobe crew and hairstylists to help establish the look of the film and its individual scenes. . you will work closely with me and other crew throughout the production process .
state sen. herschel rosenthal (d - van nuys) is carrying legislation to allow off - duty officers to ticket nuisance - mongers and take them to court. his bill has the backing of gov. pete wilson, the state trade and commerce agency and the film commission .
wow… that’s wretched… i was recently sent a text by allu aravind from geetha arts (which is a real film company in india — they’ve done some blockbusters out there — and allu aravind is the owner of the company) … he had found my profile on staffmeup, and thought i would be great to work on a short film they’re doing in my area (miami) … i thought it was a little strange that the owner of this prestigious film company would hit me up, but i didn’t want to take the chance and miss an opportunity. i sent him my resumes and availability to his email (the thing is that i noticed the email didn’t match the website’s contact page’s email listing, nor the email on wikipedia. . i thought to give it a shot anyway since certain projects create extra email addresses for certain departments. . then i got this email today :
contrary to common belief, the entry for him in the medveds’ book was not a hoax concocted by them. however, the minor, low - budget film was so obscure even after its release that it’s hard to imagine it could have triggered a massive outpouring of petitions to halt its production .
jennie granger, of hmrc, said: “this was an audacious attempt to defraud hmrc and was motivated by the pure greed of dishonest and wealthy individuals. the majority of those involved in this fraud had no interest in the film industry, or regard for the impact of their criminality on honest taxpayers .
a similar case inspired the 2003 film “ blind shaft, ” a chinese drama about two men who kill fellow miners for their compensation. in what seems to be an endless loop of life imitating art imitating life, some officials have said that the movie became an instruction manual for the recent killings .
when pitchford queried as to why they wanted her rather than the big - budget film - tested colleagues she had worked with on the projects zhao referred to, she was told they were looking for someone hoping to make the jump to designer. “i was hungry for that next step, ” pitchford says .
cichon’s had previously worked in the makeup departments for kingsmen: the secret service and tarzan, specifically involving hair punching, adding real hair to prosthetics. while she did have one designer credit, on the relatively low - budget jack the ripper horror film razors, the master would have been a step up .
corpus christi is undoubtedly the “play that went on for a while but never stopped” referred to in the current petition, but there are still no plans to make a movie out of it. the 2010 release corpus christi: playing with redemption is often mistakenly cited as a film version of the play corpus christi, but it is not; it’s a documentary about the controversy surrounding one particular troupe’s production of the play, not a movie version of the play itself. likewise, the 2006 dvd release entitled corpus christi is simply a documentary about the historical figure of jesus, not a film version of the similarly titled play .
we really feel we need some assistance at this time that’s why we need someone who can work with us hand in hand throughout the production period. we are presently working on a short film which i’m directing the production aspect, although work hasn’t commenced and we should start working on the filming in 2weeks time .
the novel' s 1969 film adaptation saw bond (george lazenby) driving off to settle down with tracy (diana rigg), only to have her die in a hail of bullets from foe blofeld (telly savalas), as louis armstrong' s brutally ironic we have all the time in the world plays .
this is how it works: the production coordinator or travel coordinator books all flights and hotels for crew. you’ll then receive an e - mail with your itinerary, flight details, and transportation information. you’ll either be given per diem on the ground as cash, or you invoice for it after the fact. most importantly and unlike this scam says, you’ll never be told how much your flight or hotel cost, but sometimes you can get reward points if you have an account .
penned by robert wade and neal purvis – the screenwriters on all of craig' s bond films to date, from casino royale to spectre – the film is set to open with a newly retired bond in
wedded bliss
with dr madeleine swann (lea seydoux), his love interest at the end of spectre .
“some viewers saw the film ‘blind shaft’ and found a way to get rich, ” the township government that oversees shisun village said in a notice posted outside the village committee office. “the culprits showed no compassion at all for life, and in particular kin and friends who were mentally impaired became assets used to make money. ”
the chain letter is a plea to protest “in the strongest possible language” the making of a movie in which jesus christ could be depicted as a swinging homosexual. both this office and the associated press have chased down every possible clue and cannot find a shred of truth in the story that such a film was ever in production .
laryssa has spent 6 + years working on an assortment of film and television projects. she writes about her experiences to help (and amuse) others. if she' s not working, she' s either traveling, reading or writing about travel, or planning travel. follow laryssa on google +, twitter, or facebook .
t’s hard to muster much sympathy for the victims of the elaborate fraud detailed in this intriguing film. the backdrop is the market for fine wines, a world populated by cash - flashing playboys who think nothing of dropping tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars on a bottle of rare vintage wine. into this scene came a young man called
i responded to the text and sent them an email before realizing this was a scam. now i get 10 to 20 spam text messages every day from rotating phone numbers. i can’t block them because the phone number changes and my iphone can’t block a text based on random content patterns. i don’t know how to get them to stop because it happens at 3 to 4 am and i need my phone because it’s my alarm. i am very frustrated because today i have two interviews but was woken up so much last night .
“the culture of saving face and honor rides above so much else, and perhaps it’s this why some of the high - profile people who were attached to this film had their names on it for so long and didn’t consider removing them, ” says jonathan weissler, a u. k. producer who has made three films in hong kong and one in china .
we have concluded that the “jesus movie” rumor originated in 1977 when a suburban chicago publication, modern people news, reported that certain interests in europe were planning such a film and requested that readers express their opinion of the purported project. the result was the chain - letter protest, which, for some unknown reason, has been revived and is again sweeping the world .
johannmartinez is a digital media strategist, moving picture producer, video editor, photographer, videographer, video artist, interactive designer & illustrator. also i specialize in landscape and night - sky photography, motion - controlled time - lapse, and creative dslr film - making. i also hold private and group workshops and classes, as i love to teach other people how to achieve their creative editor .
pitchford says she knows of two others who were duped. martin says she’s heard of 20 artists who went to jakarta, most from the u. k. , but some also from continental europe. and the template is the same each time: all female, all relatively young and all with credentials in the makeup department, but looking for that key break as a designer on a major film .
this is the worst and most clever part of the scam. the scammer will impersonate a real production company — good clean fun, llc was the alleged company in the example. (and yes, they are a real company .) the scammer will then purchase a domain name very similar to the real production company domain, maybe missing one letter so you will hopefully not notice — and send out the email. as is the case in the example, the domain was something like “ @ urltoken ” — while the real production company’s web address is actually urltoken. did you realize there’s one l missing ?
about me: scum bag is a digital media strategist, moving picture producer, video editor, photographer, videographer, video artist, interactive designer & illustrator. also i specialize in landscape and night - sky photography, motion - controlled time - lapse, and creative dslr film - making. i also hold private and group workshops and classes, as i love to teach other people how to achieve their creative photographic vision .
it' s blackmail ,
said rosenthal, who sits on the film commission as an appointee of the senate .
when i heard about it, i thought maybe this is something that is happening only occasionally. but it' s quite amazing. all over the place, people are blatantly saying,' i won' t sound my horn or blink these lights if you pay me $ 500.'
in january 1985 ann landers published a letter from the attorney general’s office of illinois which tried to set the record straight. by then it was modern film news (not modern people news) who supposedly had offices in illinois, which is how that state got dragged into this issue). people were exhorted to write to attorney general william j. scott... a man who had last held that office four years earlier :
unless it’s a student film or some unscrupulous producer with zero concern for doing the project properly and is stealing all the cash anyway, no one hires pas with the expectation that they will run cameras, lighting, and sound. those are positions filled by highly skilled and experienced people. those are the jobs you’re aiming for when you begin as a production assistant, but you don’t start out by touching the most expensive equipment on one of your first days .
there is plenty of wisdom offered on the practice and ethics of journalism which requires a separate write - up altogether. what i still can’t get over is noor’s compromised editor telling her, that she should have taken the victim to the doctor instead of recording his testimony. he blames her for the victim’s death instead of questioning the law and order machinery. and to top it off, is the painstakingly put together monologue—mumbai you’re killing me—so indiscriminately thrust in the film, that it stirs absolutely nothing within .
i received this very same message. they sent me a check for for $ 2600, told me to deposit it, withdraw $ 2100 in cash and to deposit it into a bank of america account so that the travel agent can use the funds to set up travel arrangements. the other $ 500 is to be used as my per diem. i asked why didn’t they just send the money to the travel agent directly and their response went something to the tune of, “you’ll be handling travel arrangements for execs on the next project and we want you to learn the ropes. ” whenever i hear cash this check, and give us the difference i immediately think nigerian scam. i’ll just retain the funds until this weekend and see what happens. i’m not about to just deposit cash into an account .
during the course of the cinamour scheme – which the indictment alleges ran from early 2004 through may 2009 – the defendants collected approximately $ 15 million for from mexico with love from about 450 victim - investors. the movie cost about $ 5 million to produce and generated approximately $ 550, 000 in its theatrical release in october 2009. the defendants raised about $ 2. 7 million for the red water movie from about 100 victim - investors, but essentially none of the money was used to produce the film, which was never made .
note: your present job doesn’t affect the status of the job because we need someone who can perform his / her duties with resourceful and proactive in dealing with problems and queries, all i need you to do is to complete all task in a timely manner. i am being thorough and explanatory here because i have hired people in the past who did not live up to my expectation and this time, i do not want to make the same mistake, i will need you to perform a couple of running’s for me in up coming week if we are both on same page, i will be setting up a meeting with you once am done with this shooting am presently working on prior to my arrival to your area. weekly wage for this film shot remotely will be (one thousand one hundred dollars) weekly and full employment details and permanent salary package + bonuses will be discussed in our meetings .
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special agent alexander connor is sent to investigate a house, from which a woman named sandra has made numerous 911 calls. things become more complicated than expected for agent connor, as... see full summary »
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a female con - artist who sweet - talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them and makes off with their money, is being herself being watched by another man. he wants to... see full summary »
are you ready for skyscraper? we are! see which other movies and tv shows we' re excited about .
jacob' s farm is in trouble from a severe drought. jacob and sarah begin to wonder if sarah can stay, and what will happen to jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm .
a mobster moves to a new town as a protected witness and tries to start over, only to find he can' t escape his old ways .
this is the story of the lovely kate swallow and the loves of her life. at the start she is with alec bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when she wants to write a novel. later she... see full summary »
on a cold winter day a mysterious stranger shows up at the witting farm. he is john witting, the father of jacob witting who abandoned jacob and his mother when jacob was little. jacob is... see full summary »
two mental patients in an institution fall in love and plan to escape in the search of a normal life .
tommy takes up temporary housing in a new york city neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the souls. tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman, and though he tries to... see full summary »
a story of a brilliant master sergeant with a great career behind him and transferred to yet another post, his attraction to a younger man eventually overrides him, to a point where his latent homosexuality, finally emerges .
an american student starts working with his arab colleague while putting all politics aside. however, is his colleague just a regular joe? set around the time of arab - israeli six day war .
salt lake city homicide detective caleb barnes is under increasing pressure from all sides to crack a string of serial killings that have been terrorizing the city. at the same time, barnes... see full summary »
a woman has a miscarriage. after her grief becomes bearable, she attempts to adopt a baby, but discovers evidence that her baby might not have been dead when it was removed from her stomach. if so, who took the baby, why and where ?
a hitman approachs a writer to help him create the next best seller on his career, but the violent world he was a part of has other plans .
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with jurassic world: fallen kingdom now in cinemas, we take a look at how imdb users rated the films of the franchise. plus, browse exclusive lego® jurassic world playsets, presented by lego .
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this thought - provoking documentary exposes the open corruption and collusion between big business, big media, and big government; all while committing the largest financial crime in history against the american people .
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– a young chinese indonesian of seemingly limitless wealth and great personal charm. but rudy had a gatsby - like quality. he wasn’t what he seemed. and, it turned out, he was using his exceptional palate to create counterfeit wines, suckering in the collectors he had befriended to the tune of more than $ 30m. it’s an extraordinary story, but although the crime and its fallout are rigorously dissected, kurniawan remains a frustratingly elusive character throughout .
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christopher walsh atkins and christina slater claimed to have spent £5. 7m on starsuckers and mercedes the movie to take advantage of tax breaks
jennie granger, of hmrc, said the fraud was motivated by the ‘pure greed of dishonest and wealthy individuals’. photograph: peter macdiarmid / getty images
christopher walsh atkins, 40, and christina slater, 37, submitted vastly inflated invoices to take advantage of tax breaks on two independent uk projects .
the pair falsely claimed to have spent £5. 7m and made significant losses on starsuckers, a documentary condemning the press, and mercedes the movie, hmrc said. this apparently allowed wealthy investors to falsely claim around £40, 000 tax relief for every £20, 000 invested .
chris atkins, of camden, north london, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and slater, of leamington spa, was jailed for four years at southwark crown court on friday .
they were also banned from being a company official for 12 years after previously being convicted of conspiracy to cheat the public revenue, theft and fraud .
“after painstaking and complex work from our investigators, and a series of long trials, hmrc has dismantled the fraudulent operation. the long sentences handed down send a powerful message to those tempted to deceive hmrc. nobody is beyond our reach. ”
accountant terence potter, 56, a former partner with ernst and young, devised and promoted the schemes, produced false documents and submitted fraudulent tax avoidance schemes. he was jailed for eight years in december last year for four counts of conspiracy to cheat the public revenue .
he was assisted by independent financial adviser neil williams - denton, 42, who also promoted the schemes to high - earning investment bankers. he was jailed for six years for two charges of conspiracy to cheat the public revenue .
three investment bankers, phillip jenkins, 51, james hyde, 43, and hamish maclellan 43, were each jailed for four years and six months in september last year for conspiracy to cheat the public revenue .
how up - and - coming makeup artists in the u. k. were lured to indonesia to “interview” for a position on a big - budget chinese epic — only to find out the project didn’t exist .
will inevitably find their profiles get a sudden spike in a manner they probably haven’t experienced before .
yen’s first post - star wars project is therefore likely to attract a fair amount of interest .
thankfully, the master (or tai see in chinese) looks like just the right vehicle; an action thriller with an array of global locations and a plot that sees yen in the starring role as a martial arts school owner forced to train in new combat techniques to take on a vengeance - seeking gun shop owner and his gang of thugs .
the six - week shoot for the master, again, according to documents obtained by thr, is due to kick off in november, starting in the indonesian capital of jakarta before moving to hong kong, bangkok and eventually beijing, where it wraps dec. 12, just days before rogue one ’s box - office domination begins and yen’s star is set to go stratospheric.
scam is a 1993 television film adaptation of crime drama novel by craig smith named ladystinger . it originally aired on showtime in may 1993 . 
scam is a 1993 television film adaptation of crime drama novel by craig smith named ladystinger. it originally aired on showtime in may 1993.
scam is a 1993 television film adaptation of crime drama novel by craig smith named ladystinger. it originally aired on showtime in may 1993.