The scandal was provoked by the Malaysian state Fund 1MDB
The U.S. Department of justice plans to confiscate the proceeds of black Comedy by Martin Scorsese “the Wolf of wall street”, which was released in 2013. It is reported amerikanskoe the Wall Street Journal.
According to him, the scandal was provoked by the Malaysian state Fund 1MDB, de jure designed to help the economy of Malaysia, and de facto engaged in indiscriminate purchases of assets abroad.
The money spent on funding films, as well as the acquisition of real estate and works of art (for example, about the paintings of van Gogh and Monet). Also, the number of illegal purchases – jet a cost of approximately $ 35 million.
According to us prosecutors, money laundering has a direct relation to high-ranking Malaysian officials. Allegedly among them, and the stepson of the Prime Minister of the country – Riza Aziz, who played one of the sponsors of the ill-fated “Wolf.” That is why the cash picture is now considered acquired illegally. What kind of amount involved is not specified. But the total volume of waste amounts to more than USD 3.5 billion. And about one third were laundered through the banking system of the United States.
We will remind, “the Wolf of wall street” received five nominations for the Oscars (including best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio), but did not win any statuettes.
