Topic: 1MDB

A defendant in a 1MDB-related DOJ case alleged that her lawyer didn’t tell her he was the subject of a pair of DOJ investigations and had potential conflicts of interest.

25 October 2022

In a motion to dismiss the DOJ’s civil suit alleging violations of the Foreign Agent Registration Act, casino mogul Steve Wynn said he wasn’t acting as a foreign agent for China.

19 July 2022

Lawyers and experts consider the legacy of the Roger Ng trial and the wider 1MDB investigation for the US and Malaysia.

01 July 2022

Featured in In-house

Nikhila Raj has joined the subscription-based content platform after five years at the DOJ.

20 May 2022

The bank will receive almost $80 million from insurers on behalf of current and former Goldman Sachs executives to enhance its compliance programmes.

16 May 2022

Featured in Investigator's Guide to New York

Following an eight week trial, a jury at a Brooklyn federal court found Roger Ng guilty on all counts in the 1MDB scandal.

08 April 2022

As Roger Ng’s foreign bribery trial comes to a close, prosecutors said his wife’s testimony provided a “cover story”.

05 April 2022

While the defence said Roger Ng is a “fall guy”, the DOJ painted him as a greedy banker with an insatiable desire for money and glory at Goldman Sachs.

04 April 2022

Roger Ng’s wife walked the jury through her business history, explaining how $35 million in alleged kickbacks for her husband was actually money she was owed in a business deal.

29 March 2022

Roger Ng had asked the Brooklyn court to throw out the charge, arguing that the DOJ’s reasoning “could quite literally criminalise any compliance violation at any public company”.

28 March 2022