{"id":2261,"date":"2015-12-08T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T13:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldnumber7.com\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2015-12-08T13:49:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T13:49:02","slug":"anti-piracy-lawyer-milked-copyright-holders-for-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldnumber7.com\/?p=2261","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Piracy Lawyer Milked Copyright Holders For Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/images\/moneybanned.jpg\" alt=\"moneybanned\" width=\"180\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-86198\">In the early 2000s, international and Danish entertainment industry groups came together to tackle piracy of movies, music and other media.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting Antipiratgruppen (now RettighedsAlliancen \/ Rights Alliance) needed legal representation and local lawfirm Johan Schl\u00fcter was hired for the job, representing groups including the MPAA.<\/p>\n<p>In the years that followed Johan Schl\u00fcter became involved in dozens of anti-piracy cases but after continually accusing pirates of being thieves, eventually the tables began to turn. Earlier this year it was reported that an investigation into the company&#8217;s accounts had uncovered financial irregularities amounting to millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Carried out by U.S. auditing giant Deloitte, the investigation found that while Johan Schl\u00fcter had been collecting rights revenues on behalf of several movie and TV industry groups, the lawfirm hadn&#8217;t been handing them all over. The black hole was <a href=\"https:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/anti-piracy-lawfirm-defrauded-rightsholders-out-of-millions-150702\/\">thought be to around $15m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, fresh leaks from the confidential study have revealed the true extent of the shortfall. According to data obtained by <a href=\"http:\/\/finans.dk\/finans\/erhverv\/ECE8264431\/Hemmelig-rapport-Advokatfirma-h%C3%A6vede-millioner-med-%C2%BBtvivlsomme%C2%AB-fakturaer\/\">Finans.dk<\/a>, Johan Schl\u00fcter failed to hand over around $25m.<\/p>\n<p>The now-defunct Johan Schl\u00fcter lawfirm had three owners \u2013 Johan Schl\u00fcter himself, Lars Halgreen and Susanne Fryland. The latter was responsible for the management of the TV and film producer accounts and appears to be the partner most in the firing line.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2011 and 2015 before Johan Schl\u00fcter went bankrupt, Fryland is said to have pocketed almost $2.4m in consultancy fees. In addition the lawyer gave jobs to family members, with one getting paid a salary of more than $94,000. Deloitte said it had difficulty finding out what this person was employed to do.<\/p>\n<p>Another, Fryland&#8217;s mother-in-law, was originally employed to deal with administrative issues. However, when Fryland left to have a child, her mother-in-law was given more than a year off while getting paid almost $84,000 to look after the baby.<\/p>\n<p>Klaus Hansen, director at the <a href=\"http:\/\/pro-f.dk\/content\/danish-producers-association\">Producers&#8217; Association<\/a>, says the report has left him speechless.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t think I could be surprised over more in this case, but if it  wasn&#8217;t so tragic, Deloitte&#8217;s report would be worthy of an absurd movie,&#8221; Hansen says.<\/p>\n<p>While Susanne Fryland is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bt.dk\/krimi\/fortrolig-rapport-skandaleramt-advokat-malkede-firma-for-millioner\">refusing<\/a> to comment on the latest allegations, Johan Schl\u00fcter maintains he was unaware of any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/torrentfreak.com\">TorrentFreak<\/a>, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, <a href=\"http:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/top-popular-torrent-sites-2015-150104\/\">torrent sites<\/a> and  <a href=\"http:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/anonymous-vpn-service-provider-review-2015-150228\/\">ANONYMOUS VPN services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Torrentfreak?a=Tm7RiQARB3I:cGkUNq1urY0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Torrentfreak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Torrentfreak?a=Tm7RiQARB3I:cGkUNq1urY0:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Torrentfreak?i=Tm7RiQARB3I:cGkUNq1urY0:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Torrentfreak\/~4\/Tm7RiQARB3I\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nSource: TorrentFreak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early 2000s, international and Danish entertainment industry groups came together to tackle piracy of movies, music and other media. The resulting Antipiratgruppen (now RettighedsAlliancen \/ Rights Alliance) needed legal representation and local lawfirm Johan Schl\u00fcter was hired for the job, representing groups including the MPAA. 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