Remove world 1mdb
article thumbnail

Things worth reading: 1st April 2016

Chris Skinner

government to lift ‘too big to fail’ designation Co-op Bank on hunt for chief executive World’s top banks in U.S. government cross-hairs over dealings with 1MDB U.S. MetLife ruling bolsters other firms arguing systemic unimportance GE Capital asks U.S.

Capital 150
article thumbnail

Malaysian Wealth Fund In Laundering Scandal

PYMNTS

1MDB) is currently tied up in a multibillion-dollar, decades-long, international money-laundering scandal. billion in funds belonging to 1MDB were allegedly misappropriated by high-level officials of 1MDB and associates. The Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

Las Vegas 109
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

AML is a global issue – are your risk controls global too?

Insights on Business

AML and sanctions risk in every corner of the world. On a different front, the increasingly global nature of anti-money laundering (AML) showed its colors in the recent 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) embezzlement scandal which created a ripple effect that resulted in probes in at least ten different countries. million.

article thumbnail

Meet the New Financial Crime Sheriff: Analytics

FICO

The past couple of years have been punctuated with blockbuster events like corruption at FIFA , the governing body of international soccer; the Panama Papers ; and the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. At FICO we realize how invaluable predictive analytics can be when applied to many aspects of the financial world.

article thumbnail

New Natwest boss worked for oil firm under investigation in ‘world’s biggest financial scandal’

TheGuardian

Exclusive: Rick Haythornthwaite was paid £200,000 a year by Saudi company, PetroSaudi, involved in 1MDB scandal Read more: The NatWest boss, the missing Malaysian millions and the damning email The new chairman of NatWest is facing scrutiny over his former role with international oil group PetroSaudi, which is embroiled in one of the world’s biggest (..)

Groups 110
article thumbnail

Ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng found guilty in billion-dollar 1MDB scandal

TheGuardian

Ng, 49, found guilty of helping to embezzle money earmarked for development in one of biggest frauds in financial history Former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng has been found guilty of helping to steal billions of dollars from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund after a lengthy trial brought by US prosecutors, who described the fraud as one the (..)

article thumbnail

US trial begins for ex-Goldman Sachs banker accused in 1MDB scandal

TheGuardian

Roger Ng pleads not guilty to helping to launder millions of dollars looted from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Opening statements are expected to take place on Monday in the US corruption trial of a former Goldman Sachs banker charged with helping to launder hundreds of millions of dollars looted from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.

US 98