Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, an FBI special agent, an IRS investigator, and three U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors were awarded the multi-million dollar multi-million dollar business, Joe Lowe, a former member of hip-hop group The Fugees Prasa (real name Prakazrel Michel) and businessman Joe Lowe. interviewed about a scam. . writes about it Bloombergreferring to the documentation of special services.
In April 2018, it was noted that the services learned the details of the philanthropic activities of the actor and his production company Appian Way. They also asked questions about Low, who was accused of embezzling billions of dollars from the Malaysian state wealth fund.
According to the agency, the businessman gave the actor many gifts, organized parties with him in different countries of the world and financed the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” with his participation. As DiCaprio told FBI agents, he met Lowe at a nightclub. The actor also called him “the Mozart of business.”
According to DiCaprio, he was sure that his managers checked on the businessman before they started working with him on the movie. At the same time, the player could not learn what was revealed during the verification process.
According to RBC, in 2019 the US Department of Justice filed criminal charges against Pras and Lowe for conspiracy and money laundering at the federal level. The allegations include illegal donations of more than $21 million in 2012 to former US President Barack Obama’s campaign. The two are also suspected of orchestrating a campaign aimed at persuading former US President Donald Trump’s administration to drop the investigation into the embezzlement of Malaysian 1MDB funds. However, the suspected allegations are denied.
In October, DiCaprio’s had Testifying in a fraud case involving Prakazrel Michel of The Fugees and businessman Joe Lowe.