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Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that they have charged Malaysian financier Jho Low and two former Goldman Sachs bankers in a multibillion-dollar money-laundering scandal.

Low was the alleged mastermind behind the embezzlement of $4.5 billion from the 1MDB Malaysian development fund, much of which was allegedly used to buy luxury real estate, art, a yacht, and to invest in films, including "The Wolf of Wall Street."

Low and Roger Ng, a Malaysian banker at Goldman Sachs, were indicted on three counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering, bribery, and circumvention of accounting controls, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Ng was arrested Thursday in Malaysia. Low, who is believed to be in China, remains at large.

Leonardo DiCaprio with financier Jho Low at the 'The Wolf of Wall Street' 2013 movie premiere in Paris. In 2017, DiCaprio returned gifts from Jho Low's Red Granite, including one of Marlon Brando's Oscar statues. Bertrand Rindoff Petroff / Getty Images file

The government also unsealed a criminal complaint against Tim Leissner, Goldman's former Southeast Asia chairman. Leissner has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering and violating the FCPA. He has been ordered to forfeit $43.7 million.

Federal prosecutors had earlier filed two civil forfeiture actions in an effort to recoup more than $1 billion of the stolen funds. According to those complaints, more than $100 million of the Malaysian development funds were diverted to Red Granite Pictures, the producer of "The Wolf of Wall Street," "Daddy's Home," and "Dumb and Dumber To." Red Granite was run by Riza Aziz, the stepson of Najib Razak, the former Malaysian prime minister.

Red Granite has paid $60 million to settle its portion of the case, without admitting wrongdoing.