Carl Rinsch, director of the film “47 Ronin,” is sentenced to about 30 months in prison after taking money intended for a Netflix production and using it for personal investments and spending. According to reporting across outlets, prosecutors said Rinsch used roughly $11 million that was allocated for a Netflix project to buy crypto and other financial assets, including Dogecoin, as well as stock-related options. The sources state that Rinsch then spent part of the proceeds from those trades on luxury items such as cars and watches. The cases described portray a pattern of moving production funds away from their intended purpose and into market speculation. Both outlets characterize the sentence as two and a half years and present the main allegations as misuse of Netflix funds for crypto and securities, followed by personal luxury expenditures. The reports do not indicate a change to the core factual account of the sentence and the underlying conduct described by prosecutors.