DiCaprio said in October he was cooperating with the probe and would return any gifts or donations if they were found to have come from questionable sources. "He has also returned an Oscar originally won by Marlon Brando, which was given to Mr. DiCaprio as a set gift by Red Granite to thank him for his work on 'The Wolf of Wall Street,'" the statement added. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, set up in 1998, supports a range of environmental projects. In a new filing on Thursday, the US Department of Justice moved to seize artwork by Picasso and Basquiat that it said had been purchased with laundered Malaysian money and gifted to DiCaprio by associates of Red Granite. Los Angeles-based Red Granite Pictures said in a statement on Thursday it was "actively engaged in discussions with the Justice Department aimed at resolving these civil cases and is fully cooperating."

Source: bd News24 June 15, 2017 18:33 UTC