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DoJ has struck record deal to recover $1 billion from Malaysian fugitive Jho Low accused in theft of 4.5 Bil from Malaysian 1MDB fund created by ex PM Najib Razak - deal is not tied to criminal action against Low. Malaysia will file a claim for the assets.
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How Malaysia’s 1MDB Scandal Shook the Financial World
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How fitting that 1st public witness is William Taylor - West Point graduate, infantry officer in 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam & US ambassador to Ukraine 2006-09 who had identified Firtash had ties to Russian organized crime figure Seymon Mogilevich
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💰1MDB Global Scandal💰

What is 1MDB?

Short for 1Malaysia Development Berhad (which means limited), the fund was set up in 2009 by then-Prime Minister Najib Razak to invest government revenues in real estate

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1/ Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may have been one of the latest caught up in Malaysian fugitive Jho Low's wave of spending, according to @WSJ:
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