Malaysia’s Finance Ministry is also negotiating a settlement with KPMG, which was replaced by Deloitte as auditor of 1MDB in 2013.
March 5, 2021AmBank was used by former prime minister Najib Razak to receive billions of ringgit linked to a 1MDB unit between 2014 and 2015.
March 1, 2021Drawing from landmark penalties in 2020, FINTRAIL’s Payal Patel and Sara Abbasi identify key lessons to help financial institutions guard against financial crime.
January 20, 2021Under the coordinated resolution, Goldman will pay $606mn in disgorgement and more than $2.3bn in penalties to authorities in the US, UK, Hong Kong and Singapore.
October 23, 2020The trove of documents shows that the banks allowed $2tr to flow through the financial system despite having flagged the transactions as suspicious.
September 22, 2020The former Coutts & Co banker approved a $700mn transfer request from Jho Low, the alleged mastermind behind the 1MDB scandal, despite repeated red flags.
August 3, 2020Najib Razak was found guilty of three counts of criminal breach of trust, three counts of money laundering and one count of abuse of power.
July 29, 2020A six-member team from Goldman Sachs has entered Malaysia to resume negotiations on a 1MDB settlement. A deal is believed to be within reach.
July 22, 2020The funds includes proceeds from assets that Malaysia financier Jho Low allegedly bought with stolen 1MDB money before his $700mn forfeit last year.
April 16, 2020Malaysia has filed new charges against fugitive financier Jho Low and two PetroSaudi International directors over their alleged roles in the 1MDB scandal.
February 13, 2020