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Massive embezzlement scheme ensnares Leonardo DiCaprio and his non-profit...

• http://www.naturalnews.com, by: Ethan Huff

 A production company that reportedly funneled millions of dollars into the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is the target of a new asset seizure request by the Department of Justice (DoJ) for its alleged embezzlement of millions of dollars in charity funds.

According to reports, Red Granite Pictures is being accused of illegally siphoning money from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, known as the 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) which is meant to help poor Malaysians, in order to produce Hollywood films like Dumb and Dumber To and Daddy's Home.

Because some of this money has also apparently ended up in the coffers of Academy Award-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio's non-profit, his name is also a part of the DoJ investigation. DiCaprio has already preemptively agreed to cooperate by handing over to federal authorities an honorary Oscar he was given by Red Granite Productions for his work on The Wolf of Wall Street, but there's apparently more where that came from.


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