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The US Justice Department has asked a court to lift a stay on civil proceedings linked to a Malaysian fund at the centre of its biggest ever “kleptocracy” probe, so that a settlement can be reached with producers of the movie The Wolf of Wall Street.
In September, US prosecutors were granted a stay on dozens of civil lawsuits they filed in connection with $1.7 billion in assets allegedly bought with or funded by money stolen from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), to make way for a criminal probe into the scandal-hit state fund.
The court filing on Friday requesting the lifting of
