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07-22-2016, 12:09 AM
'Wolf of Wall Street' illegally financed through fraudulent fund, DOJ claims
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Does art imitate life? Or does life imitate art?*
The Department of Justice filed a civil suit on Wednesday charging that The Wolf of Wall Street was financed illegally with stolen money.*
The movie about illegal stock trading was funded by the production company Red Granite Pictures, which has since been linked to a fraudulent state fund in Malaysia (http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-seeks-1-billion-in-asset-seizures-tied-to-malaysian-fund-1mdb-1469019540) meant to promote local eco**mic development in the country. The embattled (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36852560) prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, is connected to the fund.*
The movie is just a small part of a larger case against the Malaysian fund and assets connected to it in which the US hopes to seize $1 billion.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/wolf-of-wall-street-doj/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Does art imitate life? Or does life imitate art?*
The Department of Justice filed a civil suit on Wednesday charging that The Wolf of Wall Street was financed illegally with stolen money.*
The movie about illegal stock trading was funded by the production company Red Granite Pictures, which has since been linked to a fraudulent state fund in Malaysia (http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-seeks-1-billion-in-asset-seizures-tied-to-malaysian-fund-1mdb-1469019540) meant to promote local eco**mic development in the country. The embattled (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36852560) prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, is connected to the fund.*
The movie is just a small part of a larger case against the Malaysian fund and assets connected to it in which the US hopes to seize $1 billion.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/wolf-of-wall-street-doj/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about The Wolf Of Wall Street (http://mashable.com/category/the-wolf-of-wall-street/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Media (http://mashable.com/media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/MY4pJUp6HkI