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Cops raid Goldman Sachs' Malaysian law firm
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 24): Bukit Aman Commercial Crime officers are still at Goldman Sachs' Malaysian law firm Rahmat Lim & Partners, where they have been conducting a raid since morning.
January 24, 2019
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Goldman CEO apologises to Malaysia for Leissner's 1MDB role
(Jan 17): Goldman Sachs Group Chief Executive Officer David Solomon apologised to the Malaysian people for the role that a senior banker at the firm, Tim Leissner, played in the 1MDB scandal.
January 17, 2019
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Malaysia probing whether China offered to bail out 1MDB
SINGAPORE (Jan 9): Malaysia is looking into allegations that China offered to help deter probes into 1MDB in exchange for infrastructure projects, after the Wall Street Journal reported that senior Chinese leaders offered to help bail out the troubled sta
January 09, 2019
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China offered to bail out 1MDB for deals: WSJ
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Senior Chinese leaders offered in 2016 to help bail out the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) fund at the center of a swelling, multibillion-dollar graft scandal, said The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
January 08, 2019
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Ex-Goldman Sachs banker denied bail in Malaysia pending extradition to US
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 7): A Malaysian court on Monday declined to grant bail to former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng, pending his extradition to the United States where he faces charges related to suspected money laundering of funds siphoned off from state fu
January 07, 2019
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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
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Goldman says relied on documents provided by IPIC execs in 1MDB US$1.75b bond issue
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): Goldman Sachs said the financial services provider relied on documents provided by International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC) executives, when Goldman Sachs proceeded with the US$1.75 billion (about RM7.32 billion) IPIC-guaranteed
December 20, 2018
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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
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Malaysia said to charge ex-Goldman's Ng after extradition delay
(Dec 19): Malaysian prosecutors will charge a former Goldman Sachs Group banker on Wednesday, said a person familiar with the matter, after an oversight earlier in the day delayed his extradition process to the US.
December 19, 2018
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Goldman Sachs says lied to by previous Malaysian govt
NEW YORK/KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): Malaysia on Monday filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs Group Inc related to its dealings with the sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, and Goldman Sachs fired back that the previous Malaysian government had lied to the inve
December 19, 2018