EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television uses the limited series jackpot inspired in early development by the troubled life of RJ Cipriani (a.k.a. Robin Hood 702), became a high-stakes gambler in Philadelphia and confidential source for the FBI, playing a key role in securing a multi-million dollar … played Nicholas Stoller and his Stoller Global Solutions partner Conor Welch and Jamie Canniffe are executive producers at Cipriani.
Cipriani’s chance encounter with an ex-girlfriend, a gambler known for giving his winnings to the less fortunate, unwittingly plunged him into a money laundering scheme that eventually led to one of the biggest cases in FBI history, which led to more than 1,000 arrests worldwide. . Known to the FBI as “Jackpot,” the series follows the player as they navigate a disturbed web of characters who could kill him and his family if he can’t defeat them first. The series is announced as part Donnie Brasco and Share ocean 11
Cipriani was a key domino in the FBI’s dismantling of former USC football player and drug lord Owen Hanson’s violent empire that spanned the United States, Central and South America and Australia. Hanson began distributing recreational drugs and steroids to college teammates in the early 2000s, which grew into a worldwide network. Cipriani was ordered by Hanson to gamble $2.5 million through the drug lord’s money laundering scheme. The player intentionally lost all the money playing blackjack, prompting Hanson to issue death threats, including sending Cipriani photos of his late mother’s defaced tombstone, photos of his wife with her personal information, and ‘ a beheading video.
Hanson was arrested in September 2015 and sentenced to more than 21 years in prison in late 2017. The drug lord was ordered to pay a criminal forfeiture of $5 million, including gold coins, luxury vehicles, jewelry, vacation homes, a yacht and interests in several companies worth $100,000.
One device used to take down Hanson was the Phantom Secure cell phone, which was developed and sold to criminals around the world. Hanson bought several of these phones and accidentally gave one to an undercover FBI agent, causing the case to explode into thousands of criminals under FBI surveillance in various jurisdictions around the world, both inside and outside the drug lord’s case . The use of the ANOM phone led to the arrests of 800 criminals in a single day in an undercover operation by the FBI and global law enforcement agencies. Later the FBI had the great idea to release their own encrypted phone and they called it ANOM.
The breakup of Hanson’s ring has led to two competing documentaries in development, one on Netflix, Deadline first said, and another on Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Archie Gips’s Unrealistic Ideas with producer Van Echeverri.
Stoller’s gay romantic comedy brothers Starring Billie Eichner, it had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film received an 89% Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and an A CinemaScore. Stoller is the director of the $379 million comedy franchise Neighbors, forget Sarah Marshall, take him to Greek, the animation function storks. On TV, he was the EP of the Fox series The Miller and the NBC comedy series The Carmichael Show.
Cipriani is represented by UTA. Stoller is represented by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham.
Author: Anthony D’Alessandro
Source: Deadline
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