Red carpets with Leonardo DiCaprio.
Casinos in Las Vegas.
A Prime Minister’s pampered stepson spending Malaysian public funds like loose change.
His name was Riza Aziz — and Hollywood welcomed him with open arms.
To the United States, he was the mysterious producer behind The Wolf of Wall Street.
To Malaysia, he was something darker — a man tied to one of the biggest financial crimes in modern history… and the one person who walked away untouched.
This is the story of the Wolf’s stepson — the man who got away.
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The Rise of a Quiet Prince
Before the scandals, before Hollywood, Riza Aziz was invisible.
He wasn’t a politician, a tycoon, or an entrepreneur.
He was simply Rosmah Mansor’s son — stepson to Prime Minister Najib Razak, raised inside Malaysia’s most privileged household.
But in Hollywood, he appeared overnight like a comet.
In 2010, Riza founded Red Granite Pictures.
No background in film.
No track record.
No transparency.
Yet within three years, he was on the red carpet beside Scorsese, DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, and Hollywood elite.
Malaysians asked where the money came from.
Hollywood didn’t.
What audiences didn’t know was that investigators would eventually follow the trail — straight back to 1MDB, the sovereign wealth fund looted behind Malaysia’s back.
What We Know as Facts
Based on DOJ filings, Malaysian court documents, and public records:
- Red Granite received over $200M in 1MDB-linked funds.
- The U.S. DOJ alleged stolen money financed:
– The Wolf of Wall Street
– Dumb and Dumber To
– Daddy’s Home - Red Granite settled the U.S. case for $60M (without admitting wrongdoing).
- Civil filings claimed Riza spent millions gambling in Las Vegas.
- Riza faced five money laundering charges — later dropped.
- 1MDB withdrew its civil suit and was ordered to pay Riza’s legal costs.
Those are the verified facts.
The rest is the story the public never stops asking about.
Hollywood’s Perfect Storm
Hollywood loves two things:
money and mystery.
Riza delivered both.
He wasn’t producing small films.
He bankrolled massive studio projects — the kind usually reserved for billionaires and legacy studios.
The Wolf of Wall Street became a global hit.
Red Granite followed with Dumb and Dumber To and Daddy’s Home.
Riza looked like a rising mogul.
But investigators said something else:
The money trail led directly back to 1MDB — Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, created for development, not movie premieres.
Hollywood became a crime scene.
Malaysia became the victim.
The Casino Nights — A Billionaire Lifestyle Built on Public Money
Court filings later revealed another twist:
Riza didn’t just spend 1MDB-linked money on movies.
He spent it at Las Vegas baccarat tables.
Millions gone.
Chips stacked high.
A national scandal disguised as a private thrill.
Meanwhile, ordinary Malaysians were struggling under GST, a new tax that squeezed everyday families and raised the cost of living.
As people cut back on groceries…
the Prime Minister’s stepson was burning public wealth in Vegas.
It wasn’t just theft.
It was betrayal.
The Case That Disappeared
In 2020, it finally seemed like justice would arrive.
Riza faced five charges of money laundering, linked to $248M from 1MDB.
Then — as quietly as it began — the case collapsed.
The court granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal.
The charges were dropped.
Not erased — but gone.
Then came the moment that broke public trust:
In 2025, 1MDB withdrew its lawsuit against Riza.
And the High Court ordered 1MDB to pay Riza’s legal costs.
A fund looted by the elite was now forced to compensate the man accused of helping loot it.
For Malaysians, it felt like justice wasn’t just denied.
It was mocked.
Hollywood Walks Away Rich — Malaysia Walks Away Poor
While Malaysia debated Riza’s freedom, Hollywood acted swiftly:
Red Granite dissolved in 2018.
The U.S. DOJ seized millions in assets.
DiCaprio returned stolen gifts — a Picasso painting, rare memorabilia — but he returned them to the United States, not Malaysia.
Hollywood kept the profits.
Malaysia kept the losses.
The movies stayed hits.
The producers stayed wealthy.
And the man who bankrolled them with stolen money?
Erased from the credits.
But not from protection.
The Circle of Untouchables
Riza was not alone.
He was tied to a network:
- Najib Razak — now imprisoned for 1MDB.
- Rosmah Mansor — convicted but delaying sentences.
- Jho Low — global fugitive, allegedly sheltered in China.
- Riza Aziz — the stepson who walked free.
Together, they represented the architecture of modern corruption:
Power.
Access.
Immunity.
Each one protected by the system they helped build — and helped break.
Why Riza Aziz Still Matters
Because his story reveals how global corruption really works:
It wears designer suits.
Walks red carpets.
Funds movies.
Gambles in Vegas.
Smiles for cameras.
And escapes through legal loopholes.
Until systems stop protecting the powerful,
there will always be another Riza.
Another Jho Low.
Another billion-dollar heist.
Riza Aziz may have walked free.
Malaysia did not.
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Riza walked away.
But the dynasty behind him did not.
Watch our in-depth breakdown on Najib Razak’s fall, now live on Silk Street.
And next, we expose Hollywood’s role in laundering stolen billions — what was returned, what wasn’t, and why Americans — not Malaysians — got the money back.
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