Former talk show host Carlos Watson was sentenced Monday to nearly 10 years in prison in a federal financial conspiracy case that cast his once-buzzy Ozy Media as an extreme of fake-it-’til-you ...

Ozy Media and its CEO, Carlos Watson, have been criminally charged for scheming to defraud investors of tens of millions dollars by misrepresenting the company's debts, financial performance and ...

Carlos Watson, a former cable news anchor and investment banker, was charged with securities fraud and wire fraud conspiracy. AP Founded in 2013, Ozy imploded in 2021 after news reports questioned ...

FILE — Carlos Watson participates in "The Contenders: 16 for 16" panel during the PBS Television Critics Association summer press tour, July 29, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Watson, founder of ...

Former TV personality Carlos Watson was convicted Tuesday in a federal financial conspiracy case about Ozy Media, an ambitious startup that collapsed after another executive impersonated a YouTube ...

Watson knew from internal revenue emails he received in December 2018 that Ozy’s final revenue for 2018 was less than $11 million. Ozy Media officially launched in 2013.

Disgraced Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson allegedly tried to trick a potential investor by claiming to have received a $600 million takeover offer for his struggling company, the feds alleged in ...

Watson, a cable news host who’d worked on Wall Street and sold his own education-related startup, conceived of Ozy in 2012. The Mountain View, California-based company produced shows and gave ...

Mr. Watson, the head of Ozy Media, said in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show that Ozy “is going to open for business.” Ron Conway, an early investor, was critical of his remarks.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former talk show host Carlos Watson was sentenced Monday to nearly 10 years in prison in a federal financial conspiracy case that cast his once-buzzy Ozy Media as an extreme of ...

Former TV host Carlos Watson gets nearly 10 years in prison in case about failed startup Ozy Media Ozy snagged big advertisers, clients and grants. But beneath the outward signs of success was an ...