Zach Avery

Zachary Joseph Horwitz (born December 5, 1986), known professionally as Zach Avery, is an American convicted felon and former actor. In 2021, he was arrested on charges of defrauding investors of $227 million through a Ponzi scheme. He pled guilty to securities fraud and was sentenced to twenty years in prison on February 14, 2022. Avery was born Zachary Joseph Horwitz to Susan Krupitsky in Berkeley, California. His parents divorced when he was 10 years old and he moved from Tampa, Florida, to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he lived with his mother and step-father. Horwitz received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Indiana University. Avery's screen debut was in the 2009 film G.E.D. In 2014, he appeared in an uncredited role as an SS medic in Fury. In 2018, Avery starred in Hell Is Where the Home Is (also known as Trespassers), as well as appeared in a small role in the Rudolf Nureyev biopic The White Crow. In 2020, he appeared in Last Moment of Clarity alongside Samara Weaving, Carly Chaikin, and Brian Cox.