Illusionist David Copperfield has found himself in the middle of an FBI investigation; amid the confidentiality surrounding the case, it has been found that agents seized $2 million from his Las Vegas warehouse.

FBI agents raided a Las Vegas warehouse owned by American illusionist David Copperfield Wednesday night, as part of an investigation of a case based in Seattle. Few details concerning Copperfield’s involvement in the situation are known.

People.com reports that a computer hard drive, digital camera system, and nearly $2 million in cash were seized during Wednesday night’s raid, per TV station KLAS.

A lawyer for Copperfield has said that he and the magician were aware of the investigation and that the FBI had contacted Copperfield.

His attorney, David Chesnoff, said in a statement: “We understand there is an investigation, (we) are in touch with the investigators, and are respecting the confidentiality of the investigation.”

No other information could be made public, FBI Special Agent Robbie Burroughs said, adding: “The only thing we're confirming right now is that there was some investigative activity in the Las Vegas area yesterday connected with a Seattle-area case, both of which are pending.”

People.com reports that the 51-year-old illusionist performs monthly in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand. He finished a two-week engagement at the hotel last week, and is scheduled to return Nov. 15-28.

As to the warehouse, located in an industrial section of the city, People.com informs that it is, as befits a magician, a place of secrets, rarely seen by anyone other than “magic scholars.”

The site quotes Forbes magazine, which had the rare privilege of seeing the warehouse, dubbed by Copperfield the International Museum & Library of the Conjuring Arts. It reportedly contains “an Ali Baba's trove of sports cars, vintage automatons, gargoyle heads, gadgetry and an electric chair,” as well as 80,000 books, illusions, posters and memorabilia.

Copperfield began performing professionally at the tender age of 12 and became the youngest person ever admitted to study at the Society of American Magicians, a bio on his official website says. By age 16, he was teaching a course on magic at New York University, it adds.

Now, at 51, Copperfield is among the world’s best known illusionists, massively rich and a living legend.

It remains to be seen whether the authorities confirm his involvement in the case.