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Malaysia Files Charges Against 17 Current, Ex-Goldman Execs Over 1MDB

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08/09/19
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Goldman Sachs is under scrutiny in connection to the 1MDB scandal

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Malaysia filed criminal charges Friday against 17 current and former directors of three Goldman Sachs subsidiaries, piling further pressure on the Wall Street titan over the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal.

Billions of dollars were looted from the country’s sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad in a globe-spanning fraud, which allegedly involved ex-leader Najib Razak and his inner circle.

Goldman’s role has been under scrutiny as it helped arrange a series of bond issues worth $6.5 billion for the investment scam.

Attorney General Tommy Thomas announced the latest charges in a statement.

“Custodial sentences and criminal fines will be sought against the accused … given the severity of the scheme to defraud and fraudulent misappropriation of billions in bond proceeds,” he said.

The 1MDB scandal is starting to look like a catastrophe for Goldman, Sachs: column https://t.co/Tnu6Epvkul

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 28, 2018

The statement listed the names of the 17 accused, who were directors of Goldman subsidiaries between May 2012 and March 2013, Thomas said.

In December, Malaysia filed charges against the three subsidiaries – Goldman Sachs International, Goldman Sachs (Asia), and Goldman Sachs (Singapore) – and two ex-employees.

They were accused of giving false statements leading to the misappropriation of funds in relation to the bond issues.

Goldman vowed to fight these charges, saying the former Malaysian government and 1MDB lied to the bank.

Friday’s charges were brought under laws which provide that “any person who … was a director, a chief executive, an officer or a representative of a body corporate or was purporting to act in such capacity” at the time of an offense is also deemed to have committed that offense, the attorney general’s statement said.


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