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Ex-Goldman banker rolled dice on US trial at lawyer's urging

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Ex-Goldman banker rolled dice on US trial at lawyer's urging
"I told him you'd be far better off in the United States, where we have a real system and a real trial." / Bloomberg
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Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng was in a squalid prison in Southeast Asia for his role in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal when his New York lawyer gave him a way out.

He persuaded Ng to come to the US first for trial, rather than wait for the completion of the case in his native Malaysia. He did, and lived in New York free on bond for almost three years.

On Friday, Ng was convicted of conspiring to violate anti-bribery laws and launder money and now faces a prison term as long as three decades.

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