German police investigating MBP's Mockert
COLOGNE, Germany -- German police have searched the offices and home of producer Rainer Mockert as part of an investigation into allegations of fraud and document falsification at private-investment film fund MBP, the Munich prosecutors office said in an interview. MBP shareholders are meeting Thursday in Munich and is expected to vote to dismiss Mockert (Last Orders, Taking Sides) as managing director. MBP, which helped back such indie features as Last Orders, Factotum and the upcoming Mee-Shee: The Water Giant, is the latest German fund to come under legal scrutiny. Last month, VIP, Germany's largest private-investment film fund, was shuttered, and VIP managing director Andreas Schmid was arrested (HR 10/5).
- 11/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
German police investigating MBP's Mockert
COLOGNE, Germany -- German police have searched the offices and home of producer Rainer Mockert as part of an investigation into allegations of fraud and document falsification at private-investment film fund MBP, the Munich prosecutors office said in an interview. The MBP executive board is meeting Wednesday in Munich and is expected to vote to dismiss Mockert (Last Orders, Taking Sides) as managing director. MBP, which helped back such indie features as Last Orders, Factotum and the upcoming Mee-Shee: The Water Giant, is the latest German fund to come under legal scrutiny. Last month, VIP, Germany's largest private-investment film fund, was shuttered, and VIP managing director Andreas Schmid was arrested (HR 10/5).
- 11/9/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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