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<\/p>\nLeonardo DiCaprio to testify in court in controversial multibillion-dollar fraud case, reports E! News.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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Two years later, they were also charged with \u2018running an unregistered covert campaign\u2019 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.<\/p>\n
For those who don’t understand what Leonardo DiCaprio has to do with it, let’s say. During the investigation, <\/p>\n
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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 \u2018The Wolf of Wall Street\u2019 (in which Leo played the main role). <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n