Former TV host Carlos Watson given nearly 10 years in prison in Ozy Media case

Carlos Watson leaves Brooklyn federal court earlier in 2024. Picture: Stefan Jeremiah/AP

Former talk show host Carlos Watson was sentenced on Monday to nearly 10 years in prison in a federal financial conspiracy case that cast his Ozy Media as an extreme of fake-it-’til-you-make-it start-up culture.

In one example, another Ozy executive impersonated a YouTube executive to hype Ozy to investment bankers, while Watson coached him, prosecutors said.