Following the successful book launch of Mark McClafferty’s personal story from living large in Los Angeles to becoming a fugitive chased by the FBI, the author announces his book is being developed into a feature film.
At about the same time when Jordan Belfort was scamming his investors of millions of dollars, Mark McClafferty was embarking on his own Ponzi scheme while living in Los Angeles, California. His internet investment schemes lead him to embezzle $117 million from investors throughout America. Mark fled the United States in 2001; pursued as a fugitive throughout a number of countries by the FBI.
Following his extradition back to the United States in 2004, he was sentenced to serve 4 years and 9 months in Federal prison. It was there Mark wrote his novel, ‘Exile Corporation’ realizing he was in a place where no one wants to go but everyone wants to know about, Mark set about befriending and interviewing some of the high-power inmates in Federal prison, using their stories as the basis for his novel. The book, published in 2010, is now being developed into a feature film for a summer 2015 release.
The film adaptation will feature several US and UK television series actors, who have appeared in Burn Notice, Sons of Anarchy, Oz, and the exciting new series, Trafico. One actor, Annet Artani, even toured with and wrote a hit record with Britney Spears. Another actor, Nellie Sciutto has been in several box office hits, including: The Aviator, The Departed and Shutter Island. “Big Joe” Egan has been featured in Sherlock Holmes and has just completed filming the latest installment of Predators. The movie is expected to begin filming in February 2015 in Toronto, Canada. The cast of Exile Corporation is an eclectic cast, reflecting the people that have been in Mark’s life to date.