In an intriguing move, Bruno Mars has recently acquired a distinctive residence spanning around 9,000 square feet in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles. Remarkably, he secured this property for over a million dollars below its original price. The seller in question is reported to be Elvira Kudryashova, the daughter of a former Kazakh minister currently facing legal action for allegedly defrauding the city of Almaty of substantial sums and laundering the proceeds through opulent real estate transactions in Los Angeles.

Back in 2013, Kudryashova purchased the house for $5.7 million, and merely months before its sale to Mars, she listed it for approximately $7.8 million. Despite the initial drop in price to $6.8 million, Mars managed to clinch the deal for an even more favorable amount: $6.5 million.