47 Ronin director Carl Rinsch sentenced to 2.5 years for defrauding Netflix of $11 million
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Dominic Patten
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Carl Rinsch, director of the Keanu Reeves film 47 Ronin, has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for defrauding Netflix out of $11 million. Despite a letter from Reeves asking for leniency, Judge Jed Rakoff condemned Rinsch's "money laundering and lies" during the sentencing in NYC federal court. Rinsch was convicted of fraud nearly seven months prior.
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Deadline47 Ronin director Carl Rinsch sentenced to 2.5 years for defrauding Netflix of $11 milliondeadline.comKey quotes
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Reeves wrote to Judge Jed Rakoff asking that Rinsch's sentence might be "tempered with measures of leniency and mercy as well as justice"
the same federal judge handed the first-time convicted filmmaker two and a half years in prison
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