- Original name: Fake!
- Country: USA
- Genre: thriller, comedy
- Producer: S.Z.Burns
- World premiere: 2021
- Starring: K. Winslet and others.
Oscar-winning Keith Winslet is aboard a new project by Scott Z. Burns, a film adaptation of the book of the same name by Jen McAdam and Douglas Thompson. It is based on the real story of Jen McAdam and her involvement in the fraudulent scheme of the OneCoin financial pyramid, a kind of Bitcoin analogue, which was founded by a resident of Bulgaria Ruzha Ignatova in 2014. As it turned out later, OneCoin managed to collect more than $ 4 billion by fraudulent methods. McAdam herself will act as the executive producer of the tape. Trailer and release date of the movie "Fake!" expected in 2021.
Plot
So what is this story really about? OneCoin has been promoted as a cryptocurrency by the Bulgarian offshore companies OneCoin Ltd (registered in Dubai) and OneLife Network Ltd (registered in Belize). Both were founded by Ruzha Ignatova together with Sebastian Greenwood. The US Attorney's Office reportedly claimed the scheme raised $ 4 billion worldwide.
Ignatova disappeared in 2017, around the time a secret US arrest warrant was issued, and was replaced by her brother, Konstantin Ignatov. Most of OneCoin's leaders disappeared or were arrested, while Ruja Ignatova was still at large. Greenwood was arrested in 2018, as was Konstantin Ignatov (in March 2019), who pleaded guilty to money laundering and fraud charges.
Macadam fell victim to the Ponzi OneCoin scheme and tried to figure out the true intentions of the creators of the cryptocurrency. Then she founded a support group for the victims. Macadam, her friends and family invested and lost nearly $ 300,000.
The disclosure of the documents exposed the financial machinations of the rulers and the royal family, as well as illegal activities associated with the flow of banks and individuals, including director Pedro Almodovar, Jackie Chan and Emma Watson.
Ruja Ignatova
Production
Directed and written by Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum, The Inconvenient Truth, The Loudest Voice, Californication, Report of Torture).
Voiceover team:
Producers: Jennifer Todd (Remember, If These Walls Could Talk 2, Boiler Room, Now and Then), S. Burns and others.
Actors
Leading roles:
- Keith Winslet ("Ammonite", "Titanic", "The Life of David Gale", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", "The Reader", "Sense and Sensibility").
Interesting Facts
Did you know:
- Film "Fake!" with a 2021 release date, MGM acquired for producer Jennifer Todd as part of her first studio contract.