Fugitive financier cuts $100 million deal to forfeit Warhol, Monet paintings

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Fugitive financier cuts $100 million deal to forfeit Warhol, Monet paintings
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A fugitive Malaysian money man who once partied with Leonardo DiCaprio, Paris Hilton and Usher has struck a $100 million deal with the feds to settle two lawsuits that accused him of buying luxury artworks with embezzled funds.

A fugitive Malaysian money man who once partied with Leonardo DiCaprio, Paris Hilton and Usher has struck a $100 million deal to settle two lawsuits that accused him of buying luxury artworks with embezzled funds.

The 42-year-old Wharton grad allegedly snapped up a string of assets using funds from Malaysia’s troubled sovereign investment vehicle 1MDB that he ran to bankroll his infamously extravagant lifestyle. He allegedly pumped money into DiCaprio’s blockbuster movie “The Wolf Of Wall Street” in which he played disgraced stockbroker Jordan Belfort.

It is believed that Low even helped bankroll Leonardo DiCaprio’s blockbuster movie “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Picture: Getty He was handed over to Malaysian authorities to serve out his ten-year sentence handed down by a court in Brooklyn after a seven-week trial in March 2023 for pocketing kickbacks of some $35 million.

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