Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio had made a secret appearance before a Washington DC grand jury to testify in the 1MDB case.
Washington Post, citing people familiar with the case, said DiCaprio's testimony was made in "recent months" to facilitate the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) investigation into the multi-billion dollar scandal.
"Prosecutors consider DiCaprio a witness who can provide useful insights about a swashbuckling Malaysian financier alleged to have pilfered and laundered billions of dollars from the investment fund and then financed a lobbying campaign to end the investigation," said the report.
The Malaysian financier involved was Low Taek Jho, who was last November charged in the US with alleged money laundering and theft.
The report added that DiCaprio was a witness and not a subject of investigation.
It said it was unclear how the authorities got him into the federal courthouse unnoticed or what he had told the grand jury.
DiCaprio's spokesperson had declined to comment, according to the report. The US Department of Justice's spokesperson also did not comment.
DiCaprio is one of several top celebrities who have inadvertently become involved in the 1MDB scandal through Low.
The DOJ had alleged that Low brought DiCaprio to gambling in Las Vegas and paid for the tab. Low also gifted DiCaprio several artworks and raised funding for his film The Wolf of Wall Street.
DiCaprio had since surrendered the gifts and promised to cooperate with the authorities.
Supermodel Miranda Kerr had also become embroiled in the scandal after Low, in an apparent courtship, showered her with millions of dollars in diamond jewellery.
Kerr had since surrendered the gifts to authorities. - Mkini
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