misappropriated funds

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Najib’s wife Rosmah goes for second round questioning by MACC

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, arrived on Wednesday at the country’s anti-graft agency for a second round of questioning over a corruption probe at state fund 1MDB.

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Najib pleads not guilty to 21 counts of money laundering, 4 counts of abuse of power; bail granted at RM3.5 mil

SINGAPORE (Sept 20): Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was today hit with a total of 25 charges in court.

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Najib looking at 21 charges in third arrest this year

SINGAPORE (Sept 20): Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will be looking a total of 21 charges against him involving US$681 million ($932.8 million) transferred into his personal bank account, said Malaysian Deputy Inspector-General of police Tan

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Najib to be charged tomorrow for RM2.6 bil in accounts

SINGAPORE (Sept 19): Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has been arrested today in connection to RM2.6 billion ($860 million) of 1MDB funds deposited into his personal account.

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Jho Low bought Ferrari for Kim Kardashian with 1MDB money

SINGAPORE (Sept 14): Malaysian fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) allegedly gifted Kim Kardashian and her ex-husband Kris Humpries a US$325,000 Ferrari using money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) accounts.

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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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Malaysia files criminal charges against Jho Low in absentia

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 24): Malaysian police today filed the first set of criminal charges against Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) and his father over money allegedly stolen from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

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1MDB lawyer who worked with Goldman a target in Swiss probe

(July 31): A former top executive with the Malaysian investment fund 1MDB and a senior lawyer at the fund who worked with Goldman Sachs Group are among six people targeted in a Swiss criminal probe into the multibillion-dollar scandal, according to people

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Singapore law firm Tan Rajah & Cheah appointed to claim 1MDB monies for Malaysia

SINGAPORE (July 18): Malaysia’s government has appointed Tan Rajah & Cheah, a Singapore law firm, as its solicitors to institute legal action against 53 individuals and companies to claim back the monies allegedly siphoned from 1Malaysia Development Ber

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Swiss say 1MDB probe targeting six people, two banks

(July 10): Swiss prosecutors are now investigating six people for alleged involvement in Malaysia’s multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal, days after former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged with corruption for his role in the affair.
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