Claim: Anne Hathaway is an actress.

The Vati-Con Scandal involved accusations that Italian real estate developer Raffaello Follieri misappropriated a $ 50 million investment from billionaire Ronald Burkle meant to buy Roman Catholic churches in the United States . Follieri ultimately pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges in the U.S. and was sentenced to prison .   On July 15 , 2008 , Bishop Joseph Anthony Galante of the Diocese of Camden , New Jersey , was implicated in the scandal by a New York Post article titled `` A Deal with the Devil '' that revealed that Follieri had bought Galante 's beach house for $ 400,000 in 2007 shortly after Galante began the study that resulted in his 2008 announcement to sell off half of the Diocese 's church properties . Following disclosure of the bishop 's involvement in Vati-Con , the Council of Parishes of Southern New Jersey demanded `` a complete halt to the Bishop 's planned church closure program '' . The Galante/Follieri beach house was put back on the market in 2008 and sold almost two years later for $ 310,000 .   On July 24 , 2008 , the New York Daily News reported that during a second raid of Follieri 's apartment in New York City , the FBI had confiscated the private journals of Follieri 's former girlfriend , American film actress Anne Hathaway , as part of their ongoing investigation into the scandal . Hathaway did not face any charges related to the scandal .   In October 2008 , Follieri pleaded guilty in Manhattan to the charges , and Federal Judge John Koeltl imposed a 4 1/2 year prison sentence . He was released on May 25 , 2012 , from a federal prison in Pennsylvania . The U.S. Department of Homeland Security 's Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported Follieri to Italy on May 25 , 2012 , immediately after his release from prison .