The execs behind the MoviePass debacle are now facing criminal charges
by Richard Lawler from The Verge - All Posts on (#65FWE)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Mitch Lowe and Ted Farnsworth already settled with the FTC over fraudulent activity affecting MoviePass customers, and are being sued by the SEC, but now the former heads of MoviePass and its parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY), are facing criminal allegations of securities fraud and wire fraud.
The Department of Justice announced the charges today, saying false statements made by both men defrauded investors in HMNY when the execs pretended like the company's money-losing $9.95 unlimited" moviegoing plan had any hope of profitability.
Chris Bond, a spokesperson for Farnsworth, said in a statement emailed to The Verge that The indictment repeats the same allegations made by the Securities and Exchange Commission in...