The U.S. is seeking to recover more than US$300 million in assets it says are linked to the multi-billion dollar scandal surrounding a Malaysian development fund.

In a turn of events worthy of Hollywood, a man implicated in one of the most infamous heists in recent memory, who himself produced the box-office hit The Wolf of Wall Street, might take the stand against his stepfather, the former prime minister of Malaysia. 

A Hollywood mansion formerly owned by the fugitive financier accused of masterminding the notorious 1MDB scandal, and which he may have used to launder some of the US$4.5 billion siphoned from Malaysia’s state coffers, is on sale for US$29 million.