Alex Breingan
Alex Breingan is the founder and managing director of Stripe Media, a screen production company based in Auckland that has recently entered receivership. He has been in the news due to investigations into financial irregularities within his company and the inability of the liquidator to locate him.
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Alex Breingan is a fraud-accused TV producer whose case has been under investigation for two years.
Media Insider: MediaWorks radio stations primed for sale; Radio boss working from home after complaint; Top all-female podcast loses a voice
New Zealand· 2026-02-19
Alex Breingan has relocated to Los Angeles leaving a trail of failed projects in his wake.
Inside the fraud charges and a Kiwi TV producer’s Hollywood reinvention – The Front PageNew Zealand· 2026-02-18
Alex Breingan is facing serious fraud charges in New Zealand and has distanced himself from a Los Angeles production company.
Media Insider: Taxpayer-funded Chlöe Swarbrick documentary delayed again; LA production firm distances itself from Alex Breingan, says film claims ‘unauthorised’New Zealand· 2026-02-12
Breingan has told the Herald he denies the charges.
Media Insider: LA production firm distances itself from Alex Breingan, says film claims ‘unauthorised’; Top TVNZ reporter departs; Talley’s appeals defamation caseNew Zealand· 2026-02-12
Alex Breingan is a fraud-accused TV producer facing 33 charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office.
Media Insider: Fraud-accused TV producer Alex Breingan’s ex-wife hits out, claims he used her for money; Breingan denies chargesNew Zealand· 2026-02-09
Alex Breingan is the managing director of Stripe Studios, facing serious fraud charges related to his production company.
Media Insider: The upscale Los Angeles lifestyle of fraud-accused Stripe Studios managing director Alex BreinganNew Zealand· 2026-02-05
Alex Breingan is facing 33 Serious Fraud Office charges relating to public and private funding of TV shows.
Media Insider: Stripe Media (Stripe Studios) boss Alex Breingan facing 33 Serious Fraud Office charges relating to public and private funding of TV showsNew Zealand· 2026-02-03
The Whangaparāoa home once owned by Stripe Studios boss Alex Breingan is on the market.
Media Insider: ‘Hurtful’, ‘distressing’: Some RNZ staff fuming over scathing internal review - RNZ responds; Sky inks news rugby rights deal; Stripe Studios boss’s former home for saleNew Zealand· 2025-08-22
The Whangaparāoa home once owned by Stripe Studios boss Alex Breingan is on the market.
Media Insider: ‘Hurtful’, ‘distressing’ - some RNZ staff fuming over scathing internal review - RNZ responds; Stripe Studios boss’s former home for sale; Hugh Grant’s praise for Kiwi journalist’s workNew Zealand· 2025-08-21
Alex Breingan is the founder and managing director of the failed Stripe Media, which has been placed in receivership.
Media Insider: Hollywood legend David Hasselhoff’s Kiwi TV series resurrected after collapse of original production company with millions of dollars of debtNew Zealand· 2025-05-05
Alex Breingan is the founder and managing director of Stripe Media, which is in receivership.
Media Insider: TV star Wairangi Koopu and the drugs charges; Stripe Media liquidator: ‘The director has not been located’New Zealand· 2025-03-20
