A man from Malibu has been convicted of scamming investors and Hollywood stars out of more than $20 million through false claims about his celebrity app’s business performance. Bernhard Eugen ...

March 29, 2025 From 2014 to 2017, prosecutors say, Fritsch raised more than $20 million from investors for his Santa Monica-based tech company StarClub. He claimed the money was to build an ...

Bernhard Eugen Fritsch, the founder and CEO of StarClub Inc., a Santa Monica-based tech company, was held accountable for an elaborate fraud that fueled his lavish lifestyle, Fox News Digital has ...

Evidence presented at a nine-day trial showed that Fritsch, the founder and chief executive of Santa Monica-based StarClub Inc., made false claims to prospective investors, including that StarClub ...

Haqq Islam and Entertainment Business Education sued StarClub Ltd. and Bernhard Fritsch in Superior Court, alleging breach of contract and fraud. They are the only parties to the lawsuit, which names ...

A Malibu man has been convicted of fraudulently obtaining an estimated $25 million in investments in his tech company and using the funds to finance a lavish lifestyle that included a Rolls-Royce ...