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Former CEO of MoviePass’ parent company pleads guilty to fraud over ‘unlimited’ plan


The former chief executive of the parent company of MoviePass, Theodore Farnsworth, pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud and conspiracy.

The former chief executive of the parent company of MoviePass, Theodore Farnsworth, pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud and conspiracy after being accused of misleading investors over the service’s “unlimited plan.” Farnsworth also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud as the chief executive of Vinco Ventures, a publicly traded company. “Theodore Farnsworth — formerly the CEO of two publicly traded companies — repeatedly lied to the public to artificially inflate these companies’ stock prices, defraud investors, and enrich himself and his co-conspirators,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brent S. Wible, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, in a press release.

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