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Yeo Jiawei accumulated $23.9 mil just 15 months after leaving BSI
SINGAPORE (Nov 22): Prosecutors say former BSI wealth planner Yeo Jiawei accumulated a net worth of some $23.9 million in just 15 months through “secret profits” after he left the bank in June 2014.
November 22, 2016
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Yeo Jiawei spent the night at Jho Low’s apartment; wore his clothes: Prosecution
SINGAPORE (Nov 16): Ex-BSI banker Yeo Jiawei was not merely a junior bank employee, but had spent the night at 1MDB mastermind Low Taek Jho’s apartment in Hong Kong on one occasion – and even wore Low’s clothes, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Kia
November 16, 2016
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Jho Low wanted to play badminton, says accused ex-BSI banker
SINGAPORE (Nov 16): Accused ex-BSI banker Yeo Jiawei told the court on Wednesday morning that he had played badminton with his clients Jho Low and Eric Tan Kim Loong in early 2015.
November 16, 2016
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Ex-BSI banker Yeo alleged to have worked for 1MDB mastermind Jho Low
SINGAPORE (Nov 1): Yeo Jiawei, the former BSI wealth planner charged in relation to the 1MDB affair, left the Swiss private bank to work for the bank’s client Low Taek Jho, according to Yeo’s former boss at BSI, Kevin Swampillai, in his testimony in c
November 01, 2016
Trial of ex-BSI banker Yeo starts, former boss Swampillai to take stand
SINGAPORE (Oct 31): The closely-watched trial of Yeo Jiawei, the first person slapped with criminal charges related to the 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) affair, kicked off on Monday afternoon.
October 31, 2016
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Former BSI banker Yeo Jiawei’s trial to start on Oct 31
SINGAPORE (Oct 28): Trial of former BSI banker Yeo Jiawei, connected to the 1MDB scandal, will begin next Monday on Oct 31.
October 28, 2016
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Two other ex-BSI employees slapped with seven charges each
SINGAPORE (Oct 10): Two other former BSI bankers were charged in court on Monday for their alleged role in shifting money in and out of accounts belonging to Low Taek Jho, widely acknowledged as a key figure in the on-going 1MDB probe.
October 10, 2016
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Two other ex-BSI employees slapped with seven charges each
SINGAPORE (Oct 10): Two other former BSI bankers have been charged for their alleged involvement handling accounts belonging to Low Taek Jho, widely described as a key figure in the on-going 1MDB probe.
October 10, 2016
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How a 143-year-old Swiss bank took a quick road to ruin in Asia
SINGAPORE (June 10): Even in Asia’s cutthroat world of wealth management, the news of a mass defection at RBS Coutts, venerable bankers to the British royals, came as a shock.
June 10, 2016
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Ex-BSI banker Yeo given stay of bail order till June 1
SINGAPORE (May 26): Former BSI banker Yeo Jiawei, linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd probe, was granted a $600,000 bail in court on Thursday by District Judge Christopher Goh.
May 26, 2016