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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The problem with the pitch for the app StarSite was that Bernhard Eugen Fritsch, 63, falsely claimed between 2014 and 2017 that his company, StarClub, was about to enter into deals with or receive ...

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 ...

faces up to 20 years in prison after being convicted of wire fraud, the U.S. Justice Department said. Jurors found him not guilty of a second count. (Mike Windle / Getty Images for StarClub) ...