Who starred in a movie based on a memoir written by a man who participated in a penny-stock scam?
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film):  Leonardo DiCaprio (who was also a producer) stars as Belfort, with Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff, Margot Robbie as his wife Naomi Lapaglia and Kyle Chandler as Patrick Denham, the FBI agent who tries to bring him down. Jordan Belfort:  In 1999, he pleaded guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection with stock-market manipulation and running a boiler room as part of a penny-stock scam.
Leonardo DiCaprio