Najib’s Stepson Riza Aziz Claims $248 Million To Make Movies Was Borrowed From The Middle East
Remember the 1MDB scandal? Besides the many allegations of embezzlement totalling billions of public money, one unforgettable saga was the implication of a certain Red Granite Pictures.
If the name sounds familiar, it’s because the production house came from out of nowhere to finance multiple high-budget Hollywood blockbusters in the late 2010s, namely The Wolf of Wall Street, Friends With Kids, and Dumb and Dumber To.
Indeed, it’s co-founders Joey McFarland and (and former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s stepson) Riza Aziz even got a shoutout from Leonardo DiCaprio when he received his 2014 Best Actor Golden Globe for his role in the former.
Well, earlier this year – under new management – 1MDB, alongside three of it’s subsidiaries, filed a writ of summons at the Malaysian High Court, alleging that a staggering USD248 million were misappropriated from their coffers to Riza,…
