Washington
(ANI):
Anne
Hathaway's
former
boyfriend
Raffaello
Follieri
has
been
arrested
on
suspicion
of
wire
fraud
and
money
laundering
charges
that
could
lead
him
to
face
as
much
as
20
years
in
prison.
The
United
States
Attorney's
Office
said
that
Follieri
got
millions
of
dollars
in
investment
money
from
a
private
equity
firm
based
on
his
misrepresentations
that
he
had
close
connections
with
the
Vatican
that
enabled
him
to
buy
the
Catholic
Church's
unwanted
U.S.
real
estate
properties
at
a
discount,
reports
Usmagazine.com.
Instead,
Follieri
used
the
investors'
money
for
expensive
clothes
and
restaurant
meals,
a
37,000
dollars-a-month
Manhattan
apartment,
dog-walking
services
and
other
personal
expenditures
including
medical
expenses
for
his
girlfriend
at
the
time,
according
to
the
complaint.
The
29-year-old
has
been
charged
with
six
counts
of
wire
fraud,
five
counts
of
money
laundering
and
one
count
of
conspiracy
to
commit
wire
fraud.
The
wire
fraud
charges
could
result
in
life
term
and
a
1.5
million
dollars
charge.
Follieri
is
also
under
investigation
by
the
New
York
State
Attorney
General's
office
for
failing
to
file
tax-disclosure
forms
for
his
charity,
the
Follieri
Foundation.