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IN 2013, fugitive-financier Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) had requested an 18-carat heart-shaped pink diamond for Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor. But as the US jeweller only had a 22-carat pink diamond at the time, the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak received an upgrade. The transaction was confirmed by high-end jewellery designer to the stars Lorraine Schwartz, who has corroborated that she received payment for the controversial pink diamond necklace from funds belonging to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
Prosecutors said she opened a bank account to help launder millions in illegal kickbacks from Jho Low. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
The High Court (civil division) on Tuesday (March 15) granted a Mareva injunction sought by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and its four subsidiaries to bar a total of US$1.432 billion from being transferred or dissipated by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (aka Jho Low) and his father Tan Sri Larry Low Hock Peng from Malaysia or elsewhere.
Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), the alleged mastermind of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal, stole US$1.42 billion from three bond transactions that Goldman Sachs Group Inc arranged for the Malaysian wealth fund, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who traced the funds testified.