Real-Life ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Claims He Was Scammed By Film’s Producers, Seeks $300 Million in Lawsuit

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Jordan Belfort, the pump-and-dump scammer immortalized in Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” said in a lawsuit Thursday that he was victimized by a far grander scam perp…

,” said in a lawsuit Thursday that he was victimized by a far grander scam perpetrated by the film’s producers.Red Granite Pictures

Aziz is currently facing corruption charges in Malaysia for allegedly embezzling $248 million from 1MDB, a state-run development fund. Aziz’s stepfather, Najib Razak, was ousted as prime minister in the wake of the alleged theft of some $4.5 billion from the fund. According to the suit, Belfort believed Aziz when he said that Red Granite’s money came from legitimate sources, including high-net worth individuals and Goldman Sachs.

“I met these guys, and said to Anne ‚ ‘These guys are f—ing criminals,'” Belfort said in the interview. A few months after he sold the rights, he said the company threw a multi-million dollar launch party at Cannes. “I said to Anne, ‘This is a f—ing scam, anybody who does this has stolen money.’… I knew it, it was so obvious.”

 

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It’s time to make another phone call daddy NajibRazak . Make sure that darling is with you for some much needed advice.

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Lol the beautiful irony

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Dude sucks more than we thought. Didn’t seem possible

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The irony

Lmao that dude is a huge clown. He stole millions of dollars from people wolfofwallst

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Probably

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