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Ex-Goldman compliance executive says Ng 'advised caution' with Jho Low
A compliance panel spent six months trying to vet Jho Low and in the end rejected him as a client in June 2010
March 11, 2022
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Ex-Goldman banker trial reveals greed, graft from 1MDB scheme
Tim Leissner was recounting troubling behaviour going on for years at Goldman that would make a compliance officer’s skin crawl.
February 27, 2022
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Sheikh wouldn't 'get out of bed' for less than US$100 million, Leissner says
"Bribes had to be paid to make it happen."
February 25, 2022
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Blankfein meeting was to get Najib kids Goldman jobs, 1MDB jury told
In the end, Leissner just helped get Najib’s daughter a job at TPG.
February 23, 2022
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Leissner says lover blackmailed him into buying US$10 million home
"Pretty much everybody in our Southeast Asia territory knew it."
February 23, 2022
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Senior Goldman staff knew about Jho Low in 1MDB, Leissner testifies in Roger Ng's trial
Leissner, 52, named for the jury his own boss at the time, Michael Evans, then Asia chairman, and several other former executives
February 17, 2022
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Jho Low's wild nights on display with US$250,000 for DiCaprio, Fox
Megan Fox (US$250,000) vs Kim Kardashian (US$50,000)
February 16, 2022
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Ex-Goldman banker Leissner is 'double bigamist,' Ng lawyer says of star witness
"Tim Leissner uses people."
February 15, 2022
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1MDB casts shadow on ex-Falcon Bank CEO’s money-laundering trial
Leemann "categorically denies any kind of wrongdoing".
September 24, 2021
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Former Goldman CEO to face shareholder suit over 1MDB
Shareholders sued Goldman Sachs in late 2018, accusing it of misleading them about the firm’s work with the sovereign wealth fund
June 29, 2021