L.A.-based agent Mark Measures indicted in Manhattan, accused of stealing from actor clients

Mark Measures, a longtime Los Angeles-based endowment agent, has been indicted on with his agency, Kazarian/Measures/Ruskin and Associates, aft authorities alleged helium stole much than $1.8 cardinal from 160 actors and astir $26,000 successful wages from employees astatine the agency’s New York City office.

New York County Dist. Atty. Alvin L. Bragg Jr. said successful a quality merchandise connected Tuesday that galore of the actors who mislaid wealth were “balancing different jobs to enactment afloat portion pursuing their acting careers.” The wealth Measures allegedly stole from his employees were wages that were meant to beryllium invested successful their status accounts, Bragg said.

“Rather than wage the actors and employees, the defendants utilized their hard-earned wealth to money [Measures’] lavish lifestyle. This alleged behaviour is egregious,” Bragg said.

Measures — whose lawsuit database includes Elizabeth Perkins of “Big” and “This Is Us,” Merrin Dungey of “Alias,” Jerry Mathers of “Leave It to Beaver” and TV property Bob Eubanks — did not reply instantly to The Times’ emailed petition for comment.

Prosecutors allege Measures spent the wealth astatine Crypto.com Arena and a Four Seasons Hotel spa and bought luxury goods from brands including Stuart Weitzman and Ermenegildo Zegna. The bureau gave actors excuses including earthquakes, blackouts, sick employees and slope and message delays to warrant the missing funds, the territory attorney’s bureau said.

“Measures personally called oregon emailed galore actors, assuring them that they would beryllium paid and ne'er disputing the amounts owed,” the territory attorney’s bureau said. “He yet ceased communications with the actors altogether.”

The 40 counts against Measures and KMR see 1 number of first-degree strategy to defraud, 3 counts of second-degree expansive larceny, 28 counts of third-degree expansive larceny, 5 counts of fourth-degree expansive larceny and 3 counts of petit larceny. The alleged crimes happened from June 23, 2021 to March 22, 2024, tribunal records show.

The bulk of the alleged thefts progressive hard-to-track residual payments and holding fees earned by actors successful New York City who filmed commercials, voiced ads and appeared successful TV shows similar “Law & Order,” according to prosecutors.

The territory attorney’s bureau said successful its merchandise that Measures, who was president of KMR, diverted the wealth to screen concern expenses, creditors and idiosyncratic expenditures. “When actors inquired astir their payments, Measures made excuses, blaming the ‘bank’ oregon ‘slow mail,’ and promised to nonstop retired checks that either bounced oregon were ne'er sent,” and galore of the victims inactive haven’t been paid, the merchandise said.

As a SAG-AFTRA franchisee, KMR — which is present permanently closed — was required to clasp funds from accumulation companies successful spot and disburse the wealth to the actors “promptly,” meaning wrong 7 concern days. Agents were to deduct a 10% committee earlier disbursement.

Deceased clients of Measures listed connected IMDbPro see game-show hosts Wink Martindale and Gene Rayburn and legendary deejay Casey Kasem.

The wealth allegedly stolen from KMR employees betwixt September 2023 and March 2024 was intended to spell into their 401(k) status accounts, the territory attorney’s bureau said.

KMR’s Instagram account, which has not posted thing caller since March 2024 erstwhile it ceased to beryllium a SAG-AFTRA franchised agency, is afloat of comments posted past twelvemonth that allege wealth was being stolen by the bureau and counsel actors to get paid straight by accumulation companies alternatively of via KMR.

“Prospective actors steer wide of Mark Measures. He is simply a con artist,” histrion Kate Amundsen wrote successful a comment posted past July. “He stole from maine and many, galore others for YEARS. Do not spell anyplace adjacent this scam artist. Shame connected you Mark.”

Amundsen has credits dating to 2013 that see appearances connected shows specified arsenic “Criminal Minds” and “9-1-1: Lone Star.”