Corruption

Oscar-Nominated Film About Financial Fraud Sued By Feds Over Fraudulent Funding

Did you think the most criminal act with which fair Leonardo DiCaprio could be associated was letting Rose kick him off that floating door that totally had room for two people? Well, in a plot twist too perfect to script, the DiCaprio-starring The Wolf of Wall Street, a movie about the hyperbolic depravity and greed of finance bros, is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Federal investigators filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday alleging that a portion of the funding for The Wolf of Wall Street was acquired illegally. Of the $3.5 billion in stolen funds the government claims was used to finance the film, the Justice Department aims to seize a cool $1 billion, the portion that went through American banks. No criminal charges yet, said U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, but she’d like to get her hands on those assets ASAP.