DiCaprio foundation would return gifts if from Malaysian fund in probe

(Oct 18): Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio's charitable foundation would return gifts or donations made to him or his ventures if they were found to have come from Malaysian wealth fund 1MDB, which is being investigated on money laundering allegations, his representatives said on Tuesday.

In his first comment on the multinational probe into the fund, DiCaprio said he was cooperating with US authorities to determine if money had come from questionable sources, according to the statement.

In July a Hollywood production company was accused in a US civil lawsuit of using $100 million that prosecutors said had been diverted from the 1MDB fund to finance DiCaprio's 2013 film "The Wolf of Wall Street," in which he starred.

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