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Malaysia drops criminal charges against Goldman Sachs over 1MDB bond sales: state media

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Reuters
04 September, 2020, 01:50 pm
Last modified: 04 September, 2020, 01:53 pm

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Malaysia drops criminal charges against Goldman Sachs over 1MDB bond sales: state media

The U.S. Department of Justice estimates $4.5 billion was misappropriated from 1MDB between 2009 and 2014, including some of the funds that Goldman Sachs helped raise.

Reuters
04 September, 2020, 01:50 pm
Last modified: 04 September, 2020, 01:53 pm
A man walks past a 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the funds flagship Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Olivia Harris
A man walks past a 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the funds flagship Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

Malaysian prosecutors on Friday withdrew criminal charges against three Goldman Sachs units accused of misleading investors over $6.5 billion in bond sales they helped organize for a state fund, the Bernama state news agency reported.

The move comes after Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $3.9 billion to Malaysia to settle a probe into its alleged role in the scandal involving the fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), which counts former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak as one of its co-founders.

The U.S. Department of Justice estimates $4.5 billion was misappropriated from 1MDB between 2009 and 2014, including some of the funds that Goldman Sachs helped raise.

The units - based in London, Hong Kong and Singapore - had pleaded not guilty in February and the bank has consistently denied wrongdoing.

"Goldman Sachs International Ltd, Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC and Goldman Sachs (Singapore) are therefore discharged amounting to an acquittal from all four charges made against them," Bernama quoted High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan as saying as he granted prosecutors the request.

Lawyers for Goldman Sachs and the prosecution could not be immediately reached for comment.

Goldman Sachs / criminal charges / Malaysia

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