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Goldman Sachs to pay US$500 million to settle shareholder lawsuit over 1MDB scandal

Shareholders accuse the bank of lying about its role in the fraud while repeatedly touting its supposedly robust risk management

Jho Low was charged by US authorities in 2018 but has evaded arrest.

Anwar won’t pardon Jho Low as 1MDB fugitive seeks clemency in US

Any clemency for Low would likely draw a backlash in Malaysia where authorities have spent years pursuing him

The winding-up applications were filed in November 2025 as a workaround to an earlier ruling by the Singapore court.

Court nod to wind up 1MDB scandal-linked entities paves way for bank claims by foreign liquidators

Statutory claims against StanChart, BSI Bank will be filed in ‘short order’

Jho Low, whose whereabouts are not known, has publicly proclaimed his innocence.

Malaysian fugitive Jho Low seeks Trump pardon in 1MDB case

According to the DOJ website, the request for “Taek Jho Low” seeks a “Pardon after Completion of Sentence”

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) successfully repatriated four pieces of artwork last month.

Malaysia’s anti-graft agency vows to recover more high-value art bought with 1MDB scandal funds

Authorities say the artworks may go on public display at national art gallery and could then be auctioned for sale

Najib Razak, seen here in April 2024, has been serving a six-year jail sentence since August 2022.

Malaysia’s jailed ex-PM Najib withdraws appeal on house arrest: media reports 

The Kuala Lumpur High Court denied his house arrest bid in December 2025

Tim Leissner began serving a two-year prison term in February, but his imprisonment has not stopped Goldman from trying to trace assets it said it is entitled to as a creditor.

Goldman seeks over US$20 million from ex-star banker after 1MDB fraud

The bank claims Leissner transferred some money into accounts and shell entities in his wife’s name

Goldman has helped 1MDB sell US$6.5 billion of bonds, and collected an estimated US$600 million of fees.

Goldman Sachs settles shareholder lawsuit over 1MDB scandal

US and Malaysian authorities have said that US$4.5 billion was syphoned away from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund

High Court judge Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin ruled that Najib (top) breached his fiduciary duties, abused his position as prime minister, and misappropriated SRC funds for personal gain.

Malaysia court orders ex-PM Najib to pay US$1.3 billion to 1MDB unit

The court ruled that Najib was liable for losses incurred by SRC International, a former subsidiary of sovereign wealth fund