By the time Anne Hathaway got done with former boyfriend Raffaello Follieri, he was locked up in a federal penitentiary in southwest Pennsylvania. And that might have been the last we ever heard of him, if not for a lot of flashy jewelry that the Devil Wears Prada star was forced to turn over to the feds. Follieri is in the news again today because all the expensive jewelry he gave to Hathaway is being auctioned off, with the proceeds going to benefit our needy government. more ›

Raffaello Follieri, the disgraced Italian investor and ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway, has agreed to pay back $3.6 million he scammed from investors by boasting of inside connections to the Vatican. His victims include two Catholic priests, one of whom gave Follieri $110,000 from his inheritance to pay nuns supposedly working in Follieri's office. The Post says the priest will get $40,000 back...maybe someday? Follieri is serving a 4 1/2 year prison sentence and is reportedly broke; according to the Daily News he had to sell off two Andy Warhol prints for $21,000 to help pay his legal tab. Of course, Follieri's $13 million worth of fraud seems almost quaint compared to Bernard Madoff's alleged embezzlement, but then again Madoff's shenanigans lack the cachet of Anne Hathaway and priestly vestments. more ›

Lawyers for Raffaello Follieri, the disgraced Italian investor and ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway, are petitioning a judge to relocate him from his federal jail in Brooklyn because conditions there are so abysmal. In a letter to the judge obtained by the AP, they write: "He is in a windowless dormitory with approximately 120 other men. He says that he cannot eat because the food appears to be spoiled and that the toilet and shower facilities are unspeakably unsanitary. e.g., there is excrement in the shower and rats are roaming freely in the area. He says the stench is intolerable.'' According to lawyers, Follieri has a fever, blood in his urine, intestinal problems and difficulty breathing; he wants to be transferred back to the fancy Manhattan jail where he was held before being sentenced to 4 1/2 years for fraud. more ›

Raffaello Follieri, the 30-year-old Italian who pleaded guilty to cheating investors by claiming he had Vatican connections that enabled him to buy Catholic Church property for a song, was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison today. Speaking through an interpreter, Follieri—who had been seriously involved with actress Anne Hathaway until this most recent scandal—pleaded for leniency, telling the judge, "I have dishonored my family name. I have embarrassed the church I love. I can never wash away that stain, and I will have to live with what I have done." But the judge was unmoved by the apology and imposed the 54-month sentence requested by prosecutors. Hathaway has said she felt like "a rug was pulled out from under me" when Follieri was arrested, but his friends believe she cooperated with the feds to lure him back to New York from Europe for his arrest. more ›

Raffaello Follieri, the Italian playboy-con man, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy yesterday, in a plea deal that will land him a minimum of five years and three months in prison. Follieri, who claimed to be a representative of the Vatican, would take investors' money and spend it on his extravagant lifestyle, which included a Trump Tower apartment and squiring his girlfriend, actress Anne Hathaway. The new news is how he agreed to surrender claim to jewelry "recovered" from Hathaway (here's a list) as well as "precious metals and jewelry" found in his Bronx storage unit. Also found among his belongings: A letter from a former Vatican secretary of state telling him to stop pretending to be affiliated with the Vatican. The Post described him as looking pale while the Times said he needed a haircut. more ›

After two and a half months sharing a seven-and-a-half-by-eight-foot concrete cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, accused con man Raffaello Follieri will plead guilty tomorrow to federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering, the AP reports. The Italian entrepreneur was supposedly dumped by Anne Hathaway the night before his arrest; friends of his have since suggested that Hathaway—who had been involved with Follieri's foundation—may have lured Follieri back to New York from Italy to get the feds off her own back. With the plea deal, Follieri faces up to six and a half years in prison. Next month's Vanity Fair has a long juicy article about his nose-dive, and by the end you just might catch yourself feeling a tiny bit sorry for the guy. Crazy, right? more ›

Scandalous details have emerged from yesterday’s arrest of Italian socialite Raffaello Follieri, who was dragged into federal court on a 12-count complaint that includes charges of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering. The allegations could net him nine years in jail, and because of that bail was set at $21 million, “to be secured by $16 million in cash and property and guaranteed by five financially responsible persons,” according to the Times. Follieri was also compelled to turn over all travel documents and will have to wear a tracking anklet when he leaves his apartment, but there must be a way to get it cast in gold and engraved with his monogram. more ›

We know from reading our Daily Mail that Hollywood starlet Anne Hathaway broke up with disgraced Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri last week, and not a moment too soon: Follieri has just been arrested (again!) on wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering charges. Earlier this month, the state attorney general’s office acknowledged an investigation into Follieri and his foundation; there is speculation that he misappropriated funds from charity in order to subsidize a lavish lifestyle with Hathaway. more ›

More trouble for Raffaello Follieri, the fiancé of “Devil Wears Prada” star Anne Hathaway; Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating the Follieri Foundation, a charity headed by the 29-year-old Italian businessman. The Post has it that Cuomo’s office has subpoenaed financial documents belonging to the Manhattan-based foundation, which is involved with vaccinating children in developing countries, among other things. more ›

Anne Hathaway's boyfriend surrendered to the police at the Midtown North station house to face check kiting charges. The Post reports that Raffaello Follieri's $215,000 company check bounced--and the account only had $39.98 in it. more ›