1MDB: Goldman Sachs trying to get out of pleading guilty, NYT reports


PETALING JAYA: Goldman Sachs is attempting to get US federal prosecutors to ease up on the bank's role in the 1MDB scandal, according to a report by the New York Times.

The report stated that lawyers for Goldman Sachs have asked US Deputy Attorney-General Jeffery Rosen to review demands by certain federal prosecutors that Goldman Sachs pay more than US$2bil (RM8.5bil) in fines and plead guilty to a charge.

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