DoJ: Over US$1b in misappropriated 1MDB funds repatriated to Malaysia


As alleged in the civil forfeiture complaints, from 2009 through 2015, more than $4.5 billion in funds belonging to 1MDB were allegedly misappropriated by high-level officials of 1MDB and their associates, and Low Taek Jho.

WASHINGTON: The Justice Department announced on Thursday that it has repatriated an additional US$452 million in misappropriated 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds to the people of Malaysia, bringing the total returned to over US$1.2 billion.

In a statement posted on its website, the DoJ said according to court documents, the funds from 1MDB, formerly Malaysia’s investment development fund, were laundered through major financial institutions worldwide, including in the United States, Switzerland, Singapore, and Luxembourg.

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