Red Granite Pictures Doj

Persons and entities 1.

Red granite pictures doj. In seeking to seize these forfeited items the department of justice is sending a message. The defendant in this action is the wolf of wall street motion picture. Seizes money from red granite co founder joey mcfarland s bank accounts. The doj is alleging a vast money laundering scheme carried out by co conspirators including the wolf of wall street producer red granite.

From the us 60 million a deduction of some us 3 million was made to reimburse costs incurred by the doj and the federal bureau of investigation fbi in investigating seizing litigating and. Or its affiliates and or assigns defendant. Red granite is one of the four companies that produced the 2013 blockbuster film wolf of wall street starring hollywood a list actor leonardo dicaprio. Red granite pictures then executive produced and handled foreign distribution for the dramatic thriller out of the furnace starring christian bale zoe saldana forest whitaker and casey affleck and directed by scott cooper.

That we will not allow the united states to become. The us 64 million received by red granite pictures is part of us 238 million in allegedly stolen 1mdb funds that the doj believes were transferred to accounts controlled by riza. Further red granite films were later brought into the complaint including 2014 s dumb and dumber to and 2015 s daddy s home both major box office successes and both accused in 2017 by the doj of. Red granite pictures is currently in talks with the us department of justice doj to settle a lawsuit alleging that its blockbuster hit the wolf of wall street was funded by money allegedly.

The united states of america brings this complaint against the above captioned asset and alleges as follows. Belfort filed a 300 million fraud lawsuit in los angeles superior court against red granite pictures and. February 22 2019 11 06am pt by eriq gardner. The plaintiff is the united states of america.

Owed to red granite pictures inc.