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Fugitive faces charges including corruption and money laundering in US and Malaysia for role he allegedly played in scandalThe fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low, a central figure in the multibillion-dollar scandal at the state fund 1Malaysia Develop…
New conviction over plunder of state fund substantially increases six-year term in separate case The jailed former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to an additional 15 years after he was found guilty of abuse of power, in the big…
Rick Haythornthwaite stonewalled investigator on the trail of ‘world’s biggest financial scandal’Read more: New Natwest boss worked for oil firm under investigationOn a summer’s day in 2009 on the sparkling waters of the French Riviera, the superyacht …
Roger Ng, 50, found guilty by Brooklyn jury in massive embezzlement linked to Malaysian state investment fundRoger Ng, the former Goldman Sachs banker at the center of the multi-billion 1MDB embezzlement scandal, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on …
Rosmah Mansor convicted of receiving over £1m to help a firm get a schools business contractThe wife of the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for soliciting and receiving bribes in exchange for governm…
Federal court upholds conviction and 12-year sentence linked to fraud, saying appeal ‘devoid of any merits’Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has been ordered to begin a 12-year prison sentence after he lost his final appeal against a convict…
Ng, 49, found guilty of helping to embezzle money earmarked for development in one of biggest frauds in financial historyThe former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng has been found guilty of helping to steal billions of dollars from Malaysia’s 1MDB sove…
Roger Ng pleads not guilty to helping launder millions of dollars looted from Malaysian sovereign wealth fundOn the first day of a trial over the multibillion-dollar looting of a Malaysian government fund, US prosecutors on Monday accused a former Gold…
Jho Low, wanted in connection with $4.5bn theft, tried to buy off-the-shelf citizenship from Cyprus, report statesA Malaysian fugitive wanted in connection with one of the biggest frauds in history attempted to buy a “golden passport” that would have g…
Elliott Broidy allegedly asked the US president to play golf with now disgraced Malaysian PM Najib Razak as part of effort to end investigationA former leading fundraiser for president Donald Trump has been indicted on a charge that he illegally lobbie…
Department of Justice says money in Clyde & Co’s account allegedly linked to Malaysian fraud scandalThe US Department of Justice (DoJ) has moved to seize $330m (£256m) held in the bank account of a major London law firm which prosecutors allege is …
Money in Clyde & Co’s bank account linked to money allegedly embezzled from Malaysian fundInvestigators probing one of the world’s largest financial frauds have said they suspect $340m (£255m) held in the bank account of a major London law firm is …
The alleged misuse of the government fund has brought out tales of lavish spending, mass sackings and a long search for truthOriginally 1MDB – an abbreviation of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (which means limited) – was nothing more than a Malaysian sta…
Ex-Malaysian PM convicted of all seven charges in first trial linked to multibillion dollar scandal1MDB scandal explained: a tale of Malaysia’s missing billionsMalaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has been found guilty of all seven charges in h…
Schillings, which represents the Duchess of Sussex, was paid $1.3m for work for Jho Low, financier at centre of 1MDB scandalThe law firm that represents the Duchess of Sussex has received $1.3m (£1m) for its work on a public relations campaign for a fu…