Leonardo DiCaprio was questioned by the FBI. What did he do?

An FBI special agent, an IRS investigator, and three Justice Department prosecutors interviewed the actor in a multibillion-dollar fraud case involving former The Fugees member Pras and businessman Joe Lowe. Bloomberg writes about it, citing documents from the secret service.

According to media reports, in April 2018, Leonardo DiCaprio has already testified about his friendship with Joe Lowe, his philanthropic activities, and his production company Appian Way.

In 2019, the US Department of Justice filed conspiracy and money laundering charges against businessman Joe Low, a former member of hip-hop group The Fugees. And two years later, they were also accused of “staging an unregistered covert campaign” that was supposed to persuade the Donald Trump administration to drop a federal investigation into embezzlement from Malaysian development fund 1MDB. By the way, neither the rapper nor the businessman admitted his guilt.

For those who do not understand, what Leonardo DiCaprio has to do with it, we explain: during the investigation, it was learned that more than $ 3.5 billion was spent on the purchase of real estate, works of art, embezzled by the rapper and businessman. , a yacht, a plane, and also to finance the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” (in which Leo plays the main role). Also, sources claim that the actor was in close contact with Joe Low and even received a Picasso painting from his partners for $ 3.2 million. True, it soon became clear that it was bought with stolen money, so it was taken from the star.

Leonardo DiCaprio met Joe Low at a nightclub in 2010. The actor called him the “Mozart of business” in a conversation with intelligence agents. According to the actor, he was sure that his managers checked on the entrepreneur before starting to work with him.