1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB)

1MDB Watch

$1.3 bil went into Najib's account, says IGP

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Police said investigations into 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) have revealed that US$972 million or $1.3 billion was deposited into former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s AmIslamic Bank personal account.

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Gary Cohn backed Goldman Sachs' dealings with 1MDB, book says

(Sept 14): Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. President Gary Cohn backed the US bank’s dealings with embattled Malaysian state fund 1MDB while executives who questioned the transactions were sidelined, according to a new book.

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Malaysia would be lucky if able to recoup half of 1MDB funds: Lim Guan Eng

(Sept 13): Malaysia is paring expectations for how much funds it can recoup from 1MDB, with Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng saying the country would be “very lucky” to get back just half.

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Najib's lawyer Muhammad Shafee pleads not guilty to money laundering charges; granted RM1 mil bail

SINGAPORE (Sept 13): Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, has pleaded not guilty to two charges under Malaysia’s anti-money laundering act, for receiving RM4.3 million ($1.4 million) and RM5.2 million from former prime minister Najib Razak.

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Malaysia to charge ex-PM Najib's lawyer for money laundering in 1MDB-linked case

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): The lawyer representing Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak in his corruption case will be charged in relation to 1MDB.

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Singapore orders return of $15.3 mil in 1MDB-linked funds to Malaysia

SINGAPORE (Sept 10): Singapore ordered millions of dollars misappropriated from the beleaguered 1MDB to be returned to Malaysia, the first time the city-state has repatriated assets to its neighbour following a globe-spanning probe.

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Fugitive Larry Low pares stake in Frencken Group

SINGAPORE (Sept 3): Larry Low Hock Peng, wanted by Malaysian authorities on a charge of ­money-laundering, has ceased to be a substantial shareholder in Singapore-listed Frencken Group, a company of which he was the founding chairman. Larry is the father

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Jho Low's father pares deemed stake in Frencken; no longer substantial shareholder

SINGAPORE (Aug 30): Larry Low Hock Peng, the father of Jho Low, has ceased to be a substantial shareholder of Frencken Group.

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Jho Low hires Trump's go-to law firm for legal defence

(Aug 30): A Malaysian financier accused of looting billions from investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB, has hired several politically connected lawyers in the US to defend his interests in a sprawling Justice Department investigation.

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1MDB-linked banker disappears from US website

(Aug 29): A former Goldman Sachs Group banker embroiled in the multibillion dollar 1MDB scandal has quietly vanished from the website of his last-known employer, a US-based energy drinks company backed by Hong Kong’s richest man.
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