LOS ANGELES – A film accountant from the San Fernando Valley is accused of embezzling more than $1.9 million from production companies that hired him, using the funds for Las Vegas trips and hookups with pornographic actresses and a woman he met through a “sugar daddy” website, officials announced Friday.

Joshua Mandel, 46, of Woodland Hills is charged with six counts of wire fraud. Arraignment is expected on Sept. 10 in L.A. federal court, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

If convicted of all charges, Mandel would face up to 20 years behind bars on each count.

Mandel owned the Woodland Hills-based company First J Productions Inc., where he served as both its chief executive and chief financial officer, the indictment says.

He also worked as a film production accountant who spec

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