In July 2016, the Justice Department filed lawsuits seeking to seize assets tied to 1MDB, alleging that much than $3.5 cardinal was misappropriated to bargain existent estate, art, a yacht and a pitchy and to assistance concern movies specified arsenic The Wolf of Wall Street, which stars DiCaprio and was mostly produced by Red Granite, a institution co-founded by the erstwhile Malaysian premier minister's stepson.

Prosecutors besides moved to prehend from DiCaprio a Picasso coating they said was purchased with $3.2 cardinal successful stolen funds and fixed to him by an subordinate of Low's, according to the Washington Post.

In October 2016, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation said successful a statement that the actor "first learned done property reports of the government's civilian enactment against immoderate of the parties progressive successful the making of The Wolf of Wall Street," and that he "immediately" had his representatives scope retired to the Department of Justice to find whether helium oregon his instauration "ever received immoderate gifts oregon charitable donations straight oregon indirectly related to these parties, and if so, to instrumentality those gifts oregon donations arsenic soon arsenic possible."

DiCaprio's rep said successful 2017 that the histrion had precocious begun proceedings to transportation ownership of the Picasso to the U.S. authorities and that helium also returned Brando's Oscar, Reuters reported. In addition, Low's rep issued an emailed statement, saying the Justice Department was continuing its "inappropriate efforts" to prehend assets and that its recent activity marked a "further illustration of planetary overreach successful pursuit of a profoundly flawed case," the outlet said.

In 2018, national prosecutors charged Low for conspiracy to perpetrate wealth laundering, bribery and circumvention of accounting controls for allegedly masterminding the embezzlement of $4.5 cardinal from 1MBD.

The aforesaid year, Red Granite reached an statement with prosecutors to wage $60 cardinal to the U.S. authorities successful bid to resoluteness allegations that it profited from the corruption scandal, Variety reported, adding that under the deal, it did not admit to immoderate wrongdoing.

Also successful 2018, DiCaprio gave concealed grounds to a Washington, D.C. expansive assemblage to attest arsenic portion of the Justice Department's probe into the scandal, radical acquainted with the lawsuit told the Washington Post, adding the histrion was not a target of the probe.

Michel's proceedings is acceptable to statesman March 2023.