Low Taek Jho (Jho Low)

(Nov 8): Two men with links to Low Taek Jho launched a bid last year to buy a controlling stake in a bank in Mauritius, according to The Wall Street Journal.

SINGAPORE (Nov 6): A cache of leaked correspondences has revealed that Low Taek Jho, aka Jho Low, fears that allegations against him would result in his extradition back to Malaysia, and is actively looking for a safe haven country to hide out.

SINGAPORE (Nov 3): Singaporean prosecutors and the police are examining Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s relationship with the Malaysian state investment fund at the centre of global money laundering probes, people with knowledge of the matter said.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): Malaysia has asked Interpol to try to locate a Malaysian financier for questioning over his suspected involvement in a multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the deputy prime minister said on

LOS ANGELES (Sept 6): Possible witnesses to the alleged looting of billions of dollars from 1Malaysia Development Bhd are too scared to talk to US investigators because they fear retaliation, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

SINGAPORE (July 14): Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, was “closely involved” in a scheme to skim millions of dollars in secret profits through a restructuring of 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) interest in PetroSaudi O

SINGAPORE (July 13): Singapore’s investigations into the money laundering activities of Yeo Jiawei revealed how Low Taek Jho misled banks with one falsehood after another into siphoning out money belonging to 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

(July 13): Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho said attempts to link him to recent guilty pleas in 1Malaysia Development Bhd.-related probes are based on “unfounded assumptions,” after Singapore prosecutors said he used money traceable to the state fund

SINGAPORE (July 12): Prosecutors in Singapore said Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho is the central figure in probes linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd., and that he used money traceable to the state fund for his own benefit.

SINGAPORE (July 12): Ex-BSI wealth planner Yeo Jiawei has volunteered to assist the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) in its investigations into 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).