Wolf of Wall Street producer settles US forfeiture suit

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The producer of The Wolf of Wall Street settled a forfeiture lawsuit by the US Justice Department alleging the movie was funded by money siphoned from a Malaysian state investment fund.

Lawyers for Red Granite Pictures, which was co-founded by Riza Aziz, a stepson of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, said in a filing in federal court in Los Angeles that they have reached a “settlement in principle” with the government.

Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed. It will also cover US forfeiture claims against the producer’s rights and interests in two other pictures, Daddy’s Home and Dumb and Dumber To.

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