Source: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net

Speaking of the PR relationship, it was because of it that this movie studio was going to release a movie starring the foreign born half of that relationship.

Now, with the studio boss in jail, that is where the publicity focus is going to be.

Ana de Armas
Movie: The Informer
Ana Celia de Armas Caso is a Cuban-Spanish actress. She began her career as a teenager in her home country of Cuba and most notably had a leading role in the romantic drama Una rosa de Francia.

Boss: William Sadleir
Founder  – Aviron Pictures

Aviron Pictures Founder William Sadleir Arrested In $1.7M COVID-19 Scam

The ousted chairman of Aviron Pictures was arrested Friday on federal fraud charges for using $1.7 million in the federal government’s coronavirus-relief Paycheck Protection Program funds for his personal use.

William Sadleir was taken into custody without incident by FBI agents and other federal officials, the Department of Justice revealed. He allegedly filed applications for loans under the names of various Aviron entities through JPMorgan Chase – but not for the reasons he stated.

The complaint, which was filed Thursday and unsealed after his arrest, charges Sadleir with wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements to a financial institution, and making false statements to the Small Business Administration.

Sadleir, 66, of Beverly Hills, is expected to make his initial court appearance today in downtown Los Angeles. The four charges carry a collective maximum statutory penalty of 82 years in federal prison.

According to the affadavit, authorities have linked Sadleir to the three PPP loan applications made on behalf of the three Aviron entities. All three applications claimed each company had 33 employees and monthly payroll expenses of well over $200,000. On April 30, JPMorgan Chase approved the loan applications, and the next day money was wired to nearly-empty JPMorgan Chase bank accounts associated with the three entities.

Within days, nearly $1 million of the PPP loan money was transferred into Sadleir’s personal account at JPMorgan Chase, the affidavit alleges. Investigators have determined that some of this money was used to pay personal expenses, including payments to Sadleir’s and his wife’s American Express cards. One payment allegedly made with PPP loan proceeds – a $40,000 payment on Sadleir’s car loan – was reversed, and JPChase Morgan froze the accounts associated with the alleged scheme. – Source

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