Leonardo DiCaprio to testify in court in controversial multibillion-dollar fraud case, reports E! News.

In 2019, the US Department of Justice filed charges of conspiracy and money laundering against former member of the hip-hop group The Fugees and businessman Joe Lowe.

Two years later, they were also charged with ‘running an unregistered covert campaign’ to persuade Donald Trump’s administration to drop a federal investigation into the embezzlement of money from Malaysia’s 1MDB development fund. Neither the rapper nor the businessman pleaded guilty.

For those who don’t understand what Leonardo DiCaprio has to do with it, let’s say. During the investigation,

it became known that more than 3.5 billion dollars embezzled by the rapper and businessman was spent on real estate, art, the purchase of a yacht, an airplane, as well as to finance the film ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ (in which Leo played the main role).

In addition, sources claim that the actor was in close contact with Joe Lowe and even received a Picasso painting from his colleagues for $3.2 million.

True, it soon became clear that it was bought with stolen money, so it was taken from the star.Leo has previously given secret testimony in court.