Ex-Goldman banker's wife testifies in husband's defense at 1MDB trial


Tim Leissner, who had been Roger Ng's (centre) supervisor at Goldman before becoming the star government witness against him, said he received kickback payments from a Malaysian intermediary, Jho Low, for helping embezzle funds Goldman raised for 1MDB through three bond sales.

NEW YORK (Reuters): The wife of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng on Monday (March 28) testified in her husband's defense at a US trial over the looting of hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund between 2009 and 2014.

Ng, Goldman's former chief for Malaysia, is charged with conspiring to launder money and violate an anti-corruption law.

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