News about Leissner

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Ex-PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak is asking a US court to let his lawyers seek documents and testimony from Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Bloomberg reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 15): In hindsight, former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi (pictured) had conceded that Goldman Sachs' investment banking head in Southeast Asia Tim Leissner and his team had misled the investment fund’s board of directors with regard to the RM10.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 5): An ex-executive from Goldman Sachs Group Inc has been permanently barred from the banking industry by the US Federal Reserve, for his involvement in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) corruption case.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 18): The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) named former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak as a recipient of kickbacks from bonds raised by former Goldman Sachs executive Tim Leissner for 1MDB, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, former CEO of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), has denied receiving US$1 million from former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner in relation to the issuance of the US$1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): Low Taek Jho and disgraced Goldman Sachs ex-banker Tim Leissner played “matchmaker” in the meeting between former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and Goldman Sachs’ then-chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Lloyd Craig Blankfein in 2009, the High Court was told yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): 17 current and former Goldman Sachs directors belonging to three of its subsidiaries have been slapped with criminal charges over their handling of the 1 Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal, with the government seeking custodial sentences.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong said today that it has banned Tim Leissner, a former responsible officer of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): Lawyers appearing for Goldman Sachs International, which is facing four summonses by the prosecution for capital market offences, have sought further time to study the summons served against the multinational investment bank and financial services company.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 19): The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it has increased the ban against Tim Leissner to a lifetime prohibition order (PO) following Leissner’s admission to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-related criminal charges brought against him by the US Department of Justice (US DOJ).