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Leissner cites Goldman's culture in concealing 1MDB scheme
(Nov 12): Goldman Sachs’s former top banker in Asia says the culture of secrecy at the investment bank led him to conceal wrongdoing from the company’s compliance staff.
November 12, 2018
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Ex-Goldman banker fights US extradition over 1MDB
SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker is fighting extradition to the US, where he would face charges of money laundering and bribery related to scandal-plagued Malaysian state investment company 1MDB, according to people
November 08, 2018
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Goldman's Solomon says he finds 1MDB breaches 'distressing'
SINGAPORE (Nov 7): Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Officer David Solomon said he felt “horrible” about the role former bank employees played in the scandal surrounding Malaysia’s 1MDB fund.
November 08, 2018
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Jho Low, senior Goldman bankers indicted over 1MDB by US DoJ
(Nov 2): A high-profile corruption probe that has spanned continents landed its first direct blow at Goldman Sachs.
November 02, 2018
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RM1.3 bil for poor Malaysians diverted to rich Arabs
(Oct 26): Some RM1.3 billion ($430.5 million) in the Federal Consolidated Fund which was to be used as “subsidy and cash assistance” for Malaysians was among the government funds that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and ex-Treasury secret
October 26, 2018
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Najib, Irwan plead not guilty to 6 criminal breach of trust charges; bail set at RM1 mil each
SINGAPORE (Oct 25): Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak is back in court again for 1MDB-linked charges. This time however, he will be charged alongside former treasury secretary-general Irwan Serigar Abdullah.
October 25, 2018
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Najib, Serigar to be charged in relation to 1MDB debt payments to IPIC
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former Treasury Secretary-General Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Siregar Abdullah are expected to be charged in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) debt payments to Internatio
October 24, 2018
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What new taxes will Malaysia unveil in next year's budget? Investors brace for the worst
(Oct 17): Malaysia is keeping investors guessing as to what new taxes will be unveiled in next year’s budget. For now, the market is bracing for the worst: capital gains and consumption taxes.
October 17, 2018
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Kevin Scully allowed to hold shares of former NRA Capital after MAS appeal
SINGAPORE (Oct 10): Kevin Scully, the founder and former CEO of NRA Capital which has been renamed Tayrona Financial, is allowed to remain a shareholder of the financial advisory firm, the Monetary Authority of Singapore announced on Wednesday.
October 10, 2018
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Rosmah pleads not guilty to 17 charges of money laundering, tax evasion; bail set at RM2 mil
SINGAPORE (Oct 4): Rosmash Mansor on Thursday pleaded not guilty to 17 counts of money laundering and tax-evasion offences at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex.
October 04, 2018