Carl Erik Rinsch, a director best known for helming the 2013 movie "47 Ronin," was arrested Tuesday in West Hollywood on suspicion of defrauding Netflix to the tune of $11 million. The money, which ...

Carl Erik Rinsch — perhaps best known for directing the film “47 Ronin" — has been charged ... Prosecutors said Netflix had initially paid about $44 million to purchase an unfinished show ...

(Keanu Reeves, the star of 47 Ronin, sank his own money into the project after Rinsch got in trouble with 30West, one of the project's first investors, for not reaching a deadline.) Between late 2019 ...

A Hollywood director has been arrested and charged with defrauding Netflix out of millions of dollars in connection with a streaming show that was never completed.

Federal prosecutors have indicted Carl Rinsch for allegedly taking $11 million from Netflix for a long promised ... drunk on its own content needs, the 47 Ronin director is looking at likely ...

Carl Rinsch was indicted this week on charges of wire fraud and money laundering and could face decades in prison if convicted in connection with the alleged scam.

Carl Erik Rinsch, best known for directing the 2013 movie "47 Ronin," allegedly defrauded Netflix of $11 million earmarked for completion of a TV show. (Shuji Kajiyama / Associated Press ...

Carl Erik Rinsch, a director best known for helming the 2013 movie “47 Ronin,” was arrested Tuesday in West Hollywood on suspicion of defrauding Netflix to the tune of $11 million. The money ...

Carl Erik Rinsch, a director best known for helming the 2013 movie "47 Ronin," was arrested Tuesday in West Hollywood on suspicion of defrauding Netflix to the tune of $11 million. The money ...