According to artnet, DiCaprio, a k**wn art collector, is reportedly in the process of surrendering a $3.2 million Pablo Picasso painting and a $9 million Jean-Michel Basquiat collage to U.S. authorities in the wake of a huge embezzlement scandal.
Red Granite — the company that produced DiCaprio's movie The Wolf of Wall Street — was*co-founded*by Riza Aziz, the*stepson of Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, and reportedly received illicit financing from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund (also k**wn as 1MDB fund). The fund was initially created for the purposes of eco**mic development, but **w allegedly has a hand in less **ble dealings. Read more...