Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho has maintained his innocence after the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) charged him in court over the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.<br />The DoJ on Thursday charged Low along with two former Goldman Sachs bankers, Ng Chong Hwa, also known as Roger Ng and Tim Leissner.<br />The men were charged with conspiring to launder billions of dollars from 1MDB and conspiring to bribe officials in Malaysia and Abu Dhabi, violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.<br />Meanwhile, Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Seri Amar Singh on Friday said his officers detained Ng on Thursday and he would be extradited once everything is settled.<br /><br />Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/11/02/1mdb-roger-ng-to-be-extradited-to-the-us/
