‘Najib sought fake loan to ‘clean’ money stepson received’
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): “I need that agreement to be sorted out quickly, Your Highness.
Jho Low confirms asset settlement with US, maintains innocence
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho confirmed today he has reached a landmark comprehensive, global settlement with the US government to resolve the US' civil and criminal actions relating to his assets.
US reaches settlement to recover more than US$700m in assets allegedly traceable to corruption involving 1MDB
PETALING JAYA (Oct 31): The Department of Justice has reached a settlement of its civil forfeiture cases against assets acquired by Low Taek Jho, aka Jho Low, and his family using funds allegedly misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and laundered through financial institutions in several jurisdictions, including the United States, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg.
Shahrol admits he is '1MDB Officer 2' in US DoJ report
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) former chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi admitted today that he was the person referred to as "1MDB Officer 2" in 1MDB-linked lawsuits filed by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) in 2016.
Jho Low stresses return of jewellery not admission of wrongdoing
KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): Fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, has stressed that the surrender of jewellery belonging to his mother, Evelyn Goh, does not amount to an admission of wrongdoing.
Did Jho Low finance Trump’s re-election, asks DoJ – report
KUALA LUMPUR (March 14): The US Justice Department (DoJ) is investigating if fugitive financier Low Taek Jho had any part in financing President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign.
DOJ’s withdrawal of the forfeiture action confirms there is no completing claim to the Equanimity
PETALING JAYA (Jan 4): The filings on 19 to 21 December 2018 by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California confirmed many things - that the forfeiture action against the Equanimity by the United States of America had been publicised in accordance with the law; and Jho Low’s company Equanimity (Cayman) Ltd had filed a claim to the Equanimity in that action; and that all such claims to the Equanimity have now been withdrawn.
Sale of Jho Low's jet gets US court approval
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): A US federal court has approved the agreement between the Department of Justice (DoJ) and Global One Aviation (Global 5000) Ltd for the sale of the Bombardier Global 5000 jet linked to businessman Low Taek Jho, to ensure the parties' legal rights with respect to the jet are maintained.
Jho Low eyes deal with DoJ — Sarawak Report
KUALA LUMPUR (September 25): Alleged 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) mastermind Low Taek Jho (pic), better known as Jho Low, plans to strike a deal with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) over the latter’s investigation into the controversial fund, said Sarawak Report.
