Leonardo DiCaprio and Kim Kardashian questioned by the FBI on their links to a fugitive financier
Kim Kardashian and Leonardo DiCaprio have been questioned by the FBI over ties to a runaway billionaire playboy.
Kardashian went home with $350,000 (£292,000) given to her by Jho Low after performing in Las Vegas.
And DiCaprio said he and Low were so close they partied together and called each other “my man” and “Ldogg.” The details are in recently released FBI documents on Low, who is accused by the United States of embezzling billions of dollars from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.
Partygoers: Leonardo DiCapro and Jho Low were so close they partied together and called each other ‘my man’ and ‘Ldogg
He was charged by the Justice Department in 2018 with money laundering, bribery and other crimes, and is a fugitive, believed to be in China. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Kardashian, a reality TV star, told the FBI that Low gave her $100,000 (£83,000) for fireworks for her wedding in 2011.
One night in Las Vegas she was playing baccarat in a private room and was ready to leave, but was persuaded to stay by a friend who said she “heard stories of Low giving people chips at the end of the night “, according to the documents.
Kardashian won a hand. As she tried to hand over her winnings to Low, he told her to keep it. She said she went to the casino counter and received $250,000 (£208,000).
Question: Kim Kardashian
FBI agents wrote: ‘[She] put the trash bag full of money in your hand luggage and board a flight”. She collected the rest in a trash bag on a later trip to Vegas
DiCaprio’s ties to Low, who briefly dated model Miranda Kerr, ran deeper. Low helped finance his film The Wolf of Wall Street. The star met Low in 2010 and said he was told Low was a “business Mozart”.
They introduced themselves to their mothers and talked about setting up a $1bn (£830m) fund to pay for DiCaprio’s films and a theme park in Asia based on his films. DiCaprio received gifts from him, including an Oscar won by Marlon Brando. Low has denied any wrongdoing. The US has returned more than £1bn of allegedly misappropriated funds to investors.
