Amidst the hushed brilliance of Tinseltown’s promise and shattered hope, *Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam* reads like a cautionary tale in custom-made suits. It is a tale of ambition, disguise, and the collapsed facade. With streaming services starving for true-crime sparkle, the Zach Horwitz tale arrives at the perfect time for binge-watchers.
Roll back the screen to stream the mind-bending story of the detained architect of chaos.
Hollywood Hustler: A streaming guide for Tinseltown’s biggest scam
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*Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam* is not currently available on Netflix. However, the show has been streaming since October 17, 2025. Rather than Netflix, American subscribers can watch the complete three-part documentary series exclusively on Prime Video. Directed by Emmy nominee Rebecca Chaiklin, *Hollywood Hustler* is an original series about the real-life misadventures of actor Zachary J. Horwitz, stage name Zach Avery, obsessed with attaining A-list status in Hollywood.
Horwitz scammed several investors to draw a huge sum, reported to be about $650 million, including forging HBO and Netflix contracts. With one season comprising three episodes, the show is available to stream on Prime Video for free for the first 30 days, followed by $11.98 per month. Though not on Netflix, viewers can still get an in-depth analysis of Horwitz’s meteoric rise and catastrophic fall, laced with interviews and never-before-seen footage on Prime Video.
A scam so smart, even when the mastermind is behind bars, it haunts Hollywood.
Inside Zach Horwitz’s $650M Hollywood Ponzi scheme
Over three episodes, *Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam* reveals how actor-turned-scammer Zach Horwitz built a sophisticated Ponzi scheme of more than $650 million, constructed around sitdowns with his former wife, pals, investors, and even others who claim to have trusted him. Horwitz impersonated an investor and an agent to faux-negotiate licensing agreements on behalf of movies released by HBO or Netflix internationally. He also scammed his own university friends with finance backgrounds, luring them into his faux business.
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Horwitz’s modus operandi involved high-end marketing, fake records, and a veneer of credibility that duped insiders before it fell apart in the courtroom. The center of *Hollywood Hustler* is the breakdown in trust. Audiences will learn how Horwitz reportedly used money from investors to support his extravagant lifestyle while offering returns that did not exist. Zachary Horwitz, arrested in 2021, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and to pay up to $230 million in restitution. For those hooked on scandal, courtroom drama, and the human toll behind it, *Hollywood Hustler* on Prime Video is the best fraud-marathon to binge.
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