The real-life Wolf of Wall Street can run from his creditors — but they’re still vowing to track him down.
A relentless debt collection agency has filed legal papers in California to force legendary Wall Street scammer Jordan Belfort to cough up $27,597 in unpaid bills for retail purchases he made before he was busted by the feds, TMZ.com reported.
LR Credit had gotten a judgment in New York against the inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in the Martin Scorsese flick “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
But Belfort, 51, rented a $4 million luxe pad fronting the Pacific Ocean in Manhattan Beach, so was able to avoid the New York order to pay up.
LR may still have a long wait before it sees any cash, as Belfort owes about $100 million to others he bilked when his penny-stock boiler-room operation — Stratton Oakmont — was in business.
Belfort was indicted in 1998 for securities fraud and money laundering. After cooperating with the feds, he served 22 months in a federal pen for a pump-and-dump scheme, which resulted in investor losses of about $200 million.
Belfort, now a motivational speaker, was ordered to pay back $110 million that he swindled from stock buyers.