Welcome!
Tim Leissner
1MDB Watch
Singapore said to expand 1MDB criminal probe to include Goldman
(Dec 21): Singapore has expanded a criminal probe into fund flows linked to scandal-plagued 1MDB to include Goldman Sachs Group, which helped raise money for the entity, people with knowledge of the matter said.
December 21, 2018
1MDB Watch
MAS bans Tim Leissner for life for 1MDB involvement
(Dec 19): Singapore’s central bank on Wednesday said it had issued a lifetime prohibition order against former Goldman Sachs’ banker Tim Leissner after he admitted to charges related to an investigation into scandal-plagued Malaysian state fund 1MDB.
December 19, 2018
1MDB Watch
Goldman Sachs could wind up paying twice for 1MDB
MUMBAI (Nov 28): Goldman Sachs may wind up paying twice for 1MDB. Abu Dhabi's sovereign fund is suing the US investment bank in New York for its role in the Malaysian fund scandal. The damages sought could exceed Goldman's average annual net profi
November 28, 2018
1MDB Watch
Goldman tumbles on 1MDB scandal and 'fear of the unknown'
SINGAPORE (Nov 13): Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s reputation is facing one of its biggest crises of the decade -- and now its shares are, too.
November 13, 2018
1MDB Watch
Leissner cites Goldman's culture in concealing 1MDB scheme
(Nov 12): Goldman Sachs’s former top banker in Asia says the culture of secrecy at the investment bank led him to conceal wrongdoing from the company’s compliance staff.
November 12, 2018
1MDB Watch
Goldman's Solomon says he finds 1MDB breaches 'distressing'
SINGAPORE (Nov 7): Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Officer David Solomon said he felt “horrible” about the role former bank employees played in the scandal surrounding Malaysia’s 1MDB fund.
November 08, 2018
1MDB Watch
Jho Low, senior Goldman bankers indicted over 1MDB by US DoJ
(Nov 2): A high-profile corruption probe that has spanned continents landed its first direct blow at Goldman Sachs.
November 02, 2018
1MDB Watch
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.
September 14, 2018
1MDB Watch
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.
August 29, 2018
1MDB Watch
Former Goldman banker in 1MDB plea talks with US
(July 10): A former Goldman Sachs Group banker is in talks with US prosecutors to potentially plead guilty to criminal charges stemming from an alleged scheme to steal billions of dollars from a Malaysian state investment fund, the Wall Street Journal rep
July 10, 2018