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> are they even trying to claw back any of these millions from the “stars” he lavished? They did: > Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr has turned over jewelry

by 21 8y ago

> are they even trying to claw back any of these millions from the “stars” he lavished? They did: > Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr has turned over jewelry worth $8.1 million to the U.S. Department of Justice that she received from an ex-boyfriend, Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, in 2014. > Leonardo DiCaprio has already turned over a Picasso painting worth $3.2 million that he received as a birthday gift from Low as well as a Jean-Michel Basquiat collage valued at $9 million, both of which were listed in the June court filing. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/06/27/miranda-kerr-returns-8-million-in-jewels-ex-boyfriend-low-taek-jho-bought-with-malaysian-government-funds/103224860/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/06/27/miranda...

zaroth 8y ago
Well I guess it’s a start. Now how about the rights and royalties for the movie? IMO, they should be charged as co-conspirators in the fraud.
- Twirrim 8y ago
  How, exactly, were they to know the gifts were purchased using fraudulent money? At the time they would have received those gifts, Jho Low was believed by most of the world to just be an extremely successful businessman.
  - achamayou 8y ago
    Although not by Goldman’s compliance department, if the article is to be believed...
- conanbatt 8y ago
  If you couldnt take laundered money you cannot take any money in the world.
- 21 8y ago
  > Now how about the rights and royalties for the movie If you would have bother to read the article you'd have seen they also did that: > Last year, the Department of Justice moved to seize the rights to the Oscar-nominated film and recover royalties and proceeds from the film.
  - zaroth 8y ago
    Apologies. I started reading, realized I had no idea what this story was about and ended up reading the background story linked by empath75. By that point I was fuming and back here writing my comment. RTFA fail.
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zaroth 8y ago

Well I guess it’s a start. Now how about the rights and royalties for the movie? IMO, they should be charged as co-conspirators in the fraud.

Twirrim 8y ago
How, exactly, were they to know the gifts were purchased using fraudulent money? At the time they would have received those gifts, Jho Low was believed by most of the world to just be an extremely successful businessman.
- achamayou 8y ago
  Although not by Goldman’s compliance department, if the article is to be believed...
conanbatt 8y ago
If you couldnt take laundered money you cannot take any money in the world.
21 8y ago
> Now how about the rights and royalties for the movie If you would have bother to read the article you'd have seen they also did that: > Last year, the Department of Justice moved to seize the rights to the Oscar-nominated film and recover royalties and proceeds from the film.
- zaroth 8y ago
  Apologies. I started reading, realized I had no idea what this story was about and ended up reading the background story linked by empath75. By that point I was fuming and back here writing my comment. RTFA fail.

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