The New York trial that has it all: Hollywood, megayachts, giant sums of money
(WorldNews Asia)

It started, at least in terms of the public`s recognition, with a giant spending spree that reads like a Christmas wishlist for a billionaire. Picasso`s Women of Algiers for $179m; $100m to fund the production budget of Martin Scorsese`s The Wolf of Wall Street and a $600,000 Oscar statuette given to Marlon Brando for best actor in On the Waterfront – a gift for the movie`s star Leonardo DiCaprio. But it did not stop there: there was also a custom-built megayacht; a Beverly Hills hotel; a $415m stake in EMI music publishing; and a transparent grand piano. Related: 1MDB scandal: bribery and bigamy loom large in ex-Goldman Sachs banker`s trial The money had come from 1MDB, a Malaysian...