Rather than focus on this, however, the stocky 51-year-old, who now lives with his girlfriend, Anne Koppe, preferred to describe his roller-coaster life since leaving prison, in a long conversation with THR in early February. “If they have a judgment against me, they can freeze my assets.” “It’s the most idiotic thing ever,” he insists, allowing a rare flash of anger to ruffle his practiced charm. (It has acknowledged Belfort “has continued to pay $3,000” a month.)īelfort denies he is still obliged to return half his income. In an October filing, the Justice Department said that he had stopped paying restitution “at the rate of 50 percent of his gross income, as set forth in the judgment.” The government withdrew its filing days later. But even after eight years of freedom, he can’t quite escape his past: Prosecutors recently claimed he had failed to make court-mandated payments toward the $110.4 million he owes his victims. This has been the best-selling author and motivational speaker’s headquarters for much of the time since he was released from prison in Taft, Calif., having served 22 months for fraud and money laundering.
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