Norman Adie

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Norman Adie
Born25 November 1946
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTheater owner

Norman Allen Adie (born November 25, 1946) is a former theater owner/operator/developer and confessed Ponzi schemer, [1] presently inmate number 64354-054 in the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Miami, Florida. [2] Born in Scotland, Adie began his career in London with the Rank Organization and Twentieth Century Fox [3] before moving to the United States to work at Radio City Music Hall.

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Career

Adie founded Screen Arts Corporation and developed his own New York theaters in Times Square and Park Slope, Brooklyn. [4] Adie's decade-long efforts to open a theater in Monroe, New York were delayed by protracted, well-publicized lawsuits and counter-lawsuits resulting from a troubled partnership with One Liberty Properties. [5] "Monroe 6 Cinemas" eventually opened in 2008 but went into receivership three years later after Adie failed to pay the mortgage and property taxes. [6] Adie operated the Brooklyn Heights Cinema [7] in Brooklyn, New York, for ten years before selling it to Kenn Lowy in 2011 after misappropriating the theater's finances. [8] Adie opened the Foxmoor 7 Cinemas in Marshalls Creek, Pennsylvania in 2006 only to be evicted in 2009 for failing to pay rent. [9] Adie's plans to open a movie multiplex in Matamoras, Pennsylvania in 2008 never came to fruition and resulted in a $12.7 million judgment against Adie in 2009. [10]

Arrest

On November 23, 2010, Adie was arrested and charged with Federal securities and wire fraud. [11] [12] He confessed to the charges and was sentenced in May, 2012 to 20 months in Federal prison. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Moviehouse Madoff! Former Heights Cinema owner pleads guilty to Ponzi scheme, The Brooklyn Paper, December 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ Inmate Locator, Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  3. ↑ Monroe Cinema Debuts Today, Times Herald Record, May 9, 2008.
  4. ↑ Theater's Opening Act Nears, The New York Daily News, November 14, 1995.
  5. ↑ Building plans still stalled, Times Herald-Record, March 18, 2006.
  6. ↑ Court seizes Monroe 6 profits, Times Herald-Record, July 14, 2011.
  7. ↑ Little Theater to Expand, The Brooklyn Paper, January 26, 2008.
  8. ↑ Tainted Brooklyn Heights Cinema sold, Crain's New York Business, June 3, 2011.
  9. ↑ Foxmoor 7 Theater Evicted After Failing to Pay Rent, Pocono Record, December 11, 2009.
  10. ↑ Movie Magic Gone Bad, The Pike County Courier, January 7, 2010.
  11. ↑ Theater Owner Is Charged With Fraud, The New York Times, November 24, 2010.
  12. ↑ Feds: Heights Cinema owner was Ponzi schemer, The Brooklyn Paper, November 24, 2010.
  13. ↑ Theater owner sentenced to 20 months, The Pike County Courier, July 19, 2012.
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