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Aug 4, 2026
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Film financier Jason Cloth ran ‘Ponzi-like’ fraud scheme, OSC alleges
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Film financier Jason Cloth ran ‘Ponzi-like’ fraud scheme, OSC alleges
ALEXANDRA POSADZKI
FINANCIAL AND CYBERCRIME REPORTER
TORONTO, ONT.
PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO
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Jason Cloth at the premiere of the film Babylon, in London, in January, 2023.
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Jason Cloth, a Toronto financier with executive producer credits on films such as Joker and House of Gucci, conducted a years-long scheme to misappropriate mo…
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