Kenneth Starr, a financial adviser to celebrities, was arrested on Thursday on charges that he carried out a $30m (€24.4m) fraud on his clients.

Kenneth I Starr, who at one time advised actors Wesley Snipes and Goldie Hawn and directors Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese, allegedly used his access to famous clients to "burnish an image of trustworthiness," according to a criminal complaint filed by federal prosecutors in the US attorney's office in Manhattan.