FBI: Jho Low stole US$1.42bil and Najib got US$756mil


NEW YORK: Fugitive financier Jho Low, the alleged mastermind of the 1MDB scandal, stole US$1.42bil from three bond transactions that Goldman Sachs Group Inc arranged for the wealth fund, an FBI agent who traced the funds testified.

In addition to his testimony about Low, Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Eric Van Dorn said that former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak reaped US$756mil of the US$6.5bil raised in the bond offerings, while his stepson Riza Aziz pocketed US$238mil.

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