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High-Rolling Hathaway Ex Charged With Fraud

Raffaelo Follieri said to use Vatican in scam, which ensnared billionaire Burkle, others

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 24, 2008 4:52 PM CDT

(Newser) – Actress Anne Hathaway’s ex-boyfriend was charged today with defrauding investors of millions with a real-estate scheme in which Raffaello Follieri claimed intimate connections with the Vatican, the Smoking Gun reports. Billionaire Ron Burkle appears to be the "principal investor" scammed by Follieri, 29,... Read full story »

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Raffaelo Follieri said to use Vatican in scam, which ensnared billionaire Burkle, others

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