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Monday, July 29, 2013

Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Defraud Broadway Producers by William K. Rashbaum and Patrick Healy

A former stockbroker admitted he invented investors and a phantom loan as part of a sham effort to rescue a failed production of “Rebecca.”    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:21PM
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Ben Sprecher, ‘Rebecca’ Producer, Explains His Fallen Dream by Patrick Healy and William K. Rashbaum

Ben Sprecher, now clear of any suggestion he did anything untoward to cause the musical’s collapse, has begun to spell out how it could have happened.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:14AM
Monday, October 15, 2012

Feds Arrest Middle Man Financier for Rebecca Show by William K. Rashbaum

In recent weeks, officials had begun scrutinizingMark C. Hotton his role in the deal and the show’s collapse.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:21AM
Monday, October 8, 2012

City Room: Inquiry Finds That Four 'Rebecca' Investors Did Not Exist by William K. Rashbaum and Patrick Healy

The lawyer for the lead producer of the Broadway musical, which collapsed after the reported death of a mysterious investor, said on Sunday that the investor and three others who were brough…

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Commission Was Involved in $4.5 Million Financing for ‘Rebecca’ by William K. Rashbaum and Patrick Healy

It seems increasingly likely that a fund-raiser fabricated the four investors whom producers were relying on, according to a lawyer for the Broadway musical’s lead producer.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:28AM
Thursday, October 4, 2012

2nd U.S. Inquiry Centers on ‘Rebecca’ Go-Between by William K. Rashbaum and Patrick Healy

Mark C. Hotton, a stockbroker who introduced a producer of the musical to the mysterious investor Paul Abrams, is the subject of an unrelated federal fraud investigation.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:02PM
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

‘Rebecca’ Go-Between Is at Center of Separate U.S. Inquiry by William K. Rashbaum and Patrick Healy

Mark C. Hotton, a stockbroker who introduced a producer of the musical to the mysterious investor Paul Abrams, is the subject of an unrelated federal fraud investigation.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:27PM
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

L.I. Man Said to Have Connected ‘Rebecca’ Producer With Investor by Patrick Healy and William K. Rashbaum

A man with a history of civil fraud complaints against him steered the lead producer of “Rebecca” to the investor, according to a person who learned about the middleman from the producer.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:51PM

ArtsBeat: 'Rebecca' Producer Denies Inventing Mystery Investor by Patrick Healy and William K. Rashbaum

As criminal investigation proceeds, Ben Sprecher says he is still looking to stage the musical on Broadway or elsewhere.

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