Low Taek Jho (Jho Low)

(Apr 4): The US$250 million ($327.7 million) yacht the Justice Department claims Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho bought with stolen government funds can be sailed from Indonesia to the US, a judge said.

(Mar 28): Low Taek Jho, the Malaysian financier accused by the US of orchestrating a scheme to siphon US$4.5 billion ($6 billion) from a government fund, is baulking at Justice Department plans to move his US$250 million yacht to the US from Indonesia.

(Mar 7): The producer of the "Wolf of Wall Street" agreed to pay US$60 million ($79 million) to settle claims it financed the movie with money siphoned from a Malaysian state investment fund.

KUALA LUMPUR (Mar 3): The US Justice Department has asked a court to lift a stay on civil proceedings linked to a Malaysian fund at the center of its biggest ever“kleptocracy” probe, so that a settlement can be reached with producers of the movie ‘T

SINGAPORE (Mar 2): Low Taek Jho is said to have been in multimillion-dollar negotiations with Elliott Broidy, a top Republican fundraiser and ally of United States President Donald Trump, to make the probe into the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) corr

SINGAPORE (Mar 2): Low Taek Jho, a central figure in the global financial scandal surrounding 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), has been something of an elusive character recently.

SINGAPORE (Feb 28): Billionaire Low Taek Jho’s 300-foot luxury superyacht, The Equanimity, is reported to have been seized in Bali by the Indonesian government today.

SINGAPORE (Jan 8):

SINGAPORE (Dec 19): The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has slapped ex-BSI banker Yeo Jiawei and former NRA Capital CEO Kevin Scully with prohibition orders (POs) on breaches related to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.

(Dec 5): The US attorney-general described a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal involving a Malaysian state fund as the worst form of kleptocracy, and said the US Department of Justice (DoJ) was working to provide justice to the victims.