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ZOE, THE GREAT ARGENTINE FINANCIAL SCAM

ZOE, LA GRAN ESTAFA FINANCIERA ARGENTINA

By Carlos LASSO

Social issues - Pre-Production 2023

The documentary exposes how the company "Zoe," also known as "Comunidad Zoe," and its members, deceived people into investing in them by promising exorbitant profits. However, it was a false promise that ultimately led their investors to bankruptcy.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Social issues, Documentary
- Countries
- ARGENTINA
- Languages
- SPANISH-ARGENTINE
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 60 mn
- Director(s)
- Carlos LASSO
- Writer(s)
- Tony RODRIGUEZ
- Producer(s)
- Tony RODRIGUEZ (CERRO FILMS), Ornella GOLFETTO (CERRO FILMS)
- Synopsis
- The Zoe project is an organization that operated in the market a few years ago. Their way of attracting people was by signing a contract in exchange for ontological coaching, spiritual guidance, and financial education services within the company. People who joined the organization invested their savings in dollars, in exchange for a 7.5% return in that foreign currency every month, which could increase if the investor attracted more investors.
  
  The entrepreneur and founder of Generación Zoe is "the coach" Leonardo Cositorto, who has been in detention in the Bouwer prison in Córdoba since April 11, 2022. He is accused of alleged criminal association and repeated fraud, which, according to the investigation, victimized savers through a Ponzi or pyramid scheme.
  
  The objective of this documentary is to present a fresh perspective on what really happened during the Zoe project's heyday. It will be portrayed through exclusive interviews, showcasing the two sides of the project. Was the project genuinely a way to save the finances of its members, or was it an unreal project that only deceived its investors?
  
  A negative version will be presented, highlighting how pyramid investments affected all its partners and how it is an unrealistic and unsustainable system over time. It will delve into the consequences it had on its investors, as many of them lost everything.
  
  However, a more positive version will also be shown, explaining how the organization operated from the inside with original material. They presented themselves as "ministers of faith," even stating that the organization created its own church: Aviva Zoe.
  
  The documentary will take you on a journey from its glorious beginnings to its dishonorable end, linked by an explanatory voiceover, combining both versions through interviews, archive material, and a personal interview with Leonardo Cositorto, the leader of Generación Zoe.
- Beginning of shooting
- Dec 01, 2023
- End of shooting
- Dec 14, 2023