A California film producer currently serving time in federal prison pleaded guilty in Polk County to state charges of fraud, forgery and conspiracy to commit forgery.

In 2009, Harel Goldstein, 50 of Calabasas, California used the alias Harel Gold to take advantage of Iowa's Film Office tax credit program and shoot the film "Underground" in Newton, Iowa.

He used the alias to hide the face that he already pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud for forgeries in relation to film financing.

During filming, Goldstein created false invoices from people who never worked on the film, then used them to file false expense claims for tax credits.

The Office of the Attorney General discovered that after Goldstein received and photocopied cashier’s checks issued by banks for his film project expenses, he returned to the banks and canceled them, with the funds returned to his own account.

Goldstein then submitted pre-canceled check photocopies to the Attorney General to support his false claims.

Iowa shut down its film tax credit program before Goldstein submitted the copies.

Goldstein is looking at a year added on to the 46 month federal sentence he is already serving.

He pleaded guilty to all three counts as charged without a plea deal.

Polk County District Judge Karen Romano sentenced Goldstein to three suspended sentences, including two years of probation, and a $2,500 fine.

Goldstein was also ordered to pay the cost of transporting him to Iowa and back to California.