Anne Hathaway's sketchy boyfriend

By Stone Martindale Jun 9, 2008, 15:00 GMT

Anne Hathaway receives the Female Star of the Year award at the 2008 ShoWest Awards in Las Vegas, California, USA, 13 March 2008. The closing night ceremony for the 2008 ShoWest features top film industry talent at the final night banquet and awards ceremony. EPA/NINA PROMMER

Anne Hathaway's boyfriend has been involved in some alleged shady dealings, including reported bounced checks, and now a charity scandal.

A charity operated by Hathaway's boyfriend is being investigated by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the New York Post reported.

Hathaway's beau, 29-year-old Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri, recently sat on the children's charity's board of directors, The Post reported.

Cuomo's office refused to reveal the details of the ongoing investigation to the New York media.

Cuomo's probe comes on the heels of the news that Follieri was arrested in Manhattan on charges that he bounced a $215,000 check, written against an account that had virtually no money in it to a New Jersey man for services to his real-estate company, the Follieri Group.

Those charges were reportedly dropped in May.

Previously Follieri settled a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle, who accused him and the Follieri Group of "systematically misappropriating" at least $1.3 million of more than $55 million that Burkle's company had contributed to a joint venture to buy and redevelop Catholic Church properties.

Burkle's suit said Follieri used the money illegally to fund an "extravagant lifestyle."