Helmer billed with fraud in Mass.

Daniel Adams, director of low-budget photos "The Golden Boys" and "The Lightkeepers," continues to be billed with bilking the condition of Massachusetts out in excess of $4.7 million through inflated and fraudulent film credit programs.The 50-year-old Harvard grad, who shot the flicks on Cape Cod from 2006, was arraigned Friday in Boston Municipal Court on two counts of creating an incorrect claim and 2 counts of larceny well over $250. He was arrested by condition police the evening before without incident."We allege this defendant knowingly defrauded citizens by laying about his production costs with the objective of producing funding for his films and the personal profit," Attorney General Martha Coakley stated inside a statement.Government bodies started looking into Adams, an old political campaign-worker, in March 2010, whenever a Department of Revenue worker spotted suspicious tax statements attached to "Lightkeepers. The romantic comedy starring Richard Dreyfuss and Blythe Danner gained $32,307 on one screen over two days in December 2009.Authorites say Adams scam started in 2006, when he posted greatly inflated expenses in using for that states 25% tax credit around the two films.Following his arraignment, Adams had been held on $100,000 cash bail that his attorney told the Boston Herald he couldn't immediately publish. A great jury indictment was expected Monday, along with a probable-cause hearing is scheduled for was scheduled for Wednesday. Adams got his start pointing advertisements within the Boston area, later joining up with producer Michael Mailer. His first feature, that they co-authored and directed, was the Sandra Bullock-starrer "An Idiot And The Money.Adams had stated $17 million during the period of the 2 films, a few of which the attorney generals office stated were fraudulent or make believe altogether he apparently stated he compensated Dreyfuss $2.5 million, once the fee really was $400,000.Massachusetts film tax credit program enables production companies to become refunded as much as a quarter of qualified expenses. Payments are compensated as tax credits that may be changed into cash or offered with other companies. When confronted with decreasing tax revenues, film production incentive programs happen to be under fire among multiple scams and skepticism that they're a great roi. In Iowa, the state's former film chief, Tom Wheeler, was discovered guilty in September of 1 count of misconduct for his participation inside a film production credit scandal. Prosecutors stated that Wheeler basically switched another way as filmmakers posted inflated expenses to gather greater credits. At that time, the state's incentive program was one of the most lucrative in the united states, offering a 25 % credit for costs. Most notoriously, credits were released to some production to purchase luxury automobiles for private use. A condition audit discovered that $25.six million in tax credits were incorrectly compensated and also the program was suspended last year. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com