Ди Стефано
In 1990 Di Stefano and some partners tried to buy the MGM movie studios. One of the MGM executives said in "Variety" that Di Stefano's bid was the stuff of "Alice in Wonderland". The bid was not successful. His partners Florio Fiorini and Giancarlo Parretti bribed officials of Credit Lyonnais bank, so they could obtain a credit to bid for MGM, and they were eventually jailed. Di Stefano says that the only consequence for him is that he was deported from the US. After being deported, Di Stefano migrated to Yugoslavia in fear of what the bank could make to him after causing such a loss of money. He says that he actually earned $249 million from the deal, at a time when he was still in his 30s. According to Di Stefano, in 1989 he bought Cinema Five UK, a chain of 50 cinemas, from MGM for only £8 million, and he resold them for $249 million (£160 million) to Credit Lyonnais, and this is partly the basis of his personal fortune (In 2003 Di Stefano claimed to have a fortune of £450 million.) "The Scotsman" says that MGM sued Di Stefano and won damages from him.