'Joker' producer defrauded Illinois investors in $100 million Ponzi scheme, feds say

A Hollywood movie producer with credits on "Joker" and "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" was charged this week with running a $100 million Ponzie scheme that ensnared several Illinois investors, the Department of Justice announced. Jason Cloth, 60, of Beverly Hills, was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles and appeared in court there on seven counts of wire fraud, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros, of the Northern District of Illinois. The indictment, filed in Illinois, was…