Remington Chase, a producer on films like LoneSurvivor & EscapePlan, left the public eye after a 2014 expose about his criminal past and cocaine arrest. Now, he's popped up again. According to a lawsuit, he managed to pull off a $234 million fraud.
— over the course of several years, in which they engaged in several financing arrangements and a joint venture in Malaysia.
The whereabouts of Chase and Robl are unknown. Efforts to reach Robl for comment were unsuccessful. An attorney who represented Chase in a prior and unrelated action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission declined to comment. The CEO of Base FX, Chris Bremble, was introduced to Chase in 2013 by the company’s agency, United Talent Agency. At the time, Base FX was looking to expand its special effects business and get into production of live-action and animated films. Chase was presented as a “proven and successful financier,” according to the lawsuit. In 2015, the CEO of Film Finances Inc.
According to the lawsuit, once Base FX went into business with Chase and Robl, the two gained intimate knowledge of the company’s finances and operations, which they could use to deceive potential investors. The suit alleges that Chase and Robl would borrow from investors in the company’s name, pass on a portion to the company, and then pocket the difference. They also purported to transfer equity and security interests in Base FX’s projects to the investors, according to the suit.
After being hit with a demand for repayment on a $100 million line of credit, Bremble confronted Robl, who “apologized, and pled with the Base CEO not to contact the authorities, promising to pay back all the funds,” the suit states.“Defendant Chase admitted that Defendants had created the forged document, and assured Base’s CEO that Defendants would repay all funds owed to investors,” the lawsuit states.
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