A director who was hired by Netflix to make a science-fiction series was convicted on Thursday on charges that he had engaged in an $11 million scheme to defraud the streaming giant, the U.S. attorney...

Filmmaker Carl Erik Rinsch, who directed the 2013 action film "47 Ronin" starring Keanu Reeves, was convicted Thursday for defrauding Netflix of $11 million.

Per Variety, through wire fraud, money laundering, and illegal activity, Rinsch swindled $11 million from Netflix during the production of the unfinished sci-fi series White Horse, later renamed Conqu...