Bugatti, bodyguards and a Greek alias: Journalists claim Malaysian fugitive Jho Low is living large in Shanghai

[KUALA LUMPUR] In what could be the strongest lead yet in the hunt for fugitive Jho Low, journalist and Billion Dollar Whale co-author Tom Wright said he has passed fresh intelligence to the Malaysian authorities, alleging that the mastermind behind one of the world’s biggest money laundering scandals could now be holed up in a gated enclave in Shanghai, living under a Greek alias and travelling on a forged Australian passport.

Wright told The Business Times he recently messaged the Malaysian authorities, including Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, via X (formerly Twitter), to share the details on the whereabouts of Low, one of the world’s most wanted men accused of embezzling billions of dollars from Malaysia’s state-owned fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

“We haven’t really located him yet. But the search is very much alive,” Wright said in a phone interview with BT on Monday (Jul 21). “But we hope to continue to receive more information. All the information we receive is verified to high journalistic standards.”