Following from our note earlier this month revealing that the Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia's operations, Tim Leissner, had taken "personal leave", it has since been reported that Leissner is being investigated by the US FBI over his connection to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is linked to the 1MDB scandal. The Wall Street Journal reports that a source close to the investigation told them that investigators are looking into whether Mr Leissner's role in the scandal was "directly or indirectly" connected with the
Following from our note earlier this month revealing that the Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia's operations, Tim Leissner, had taken "personal leave", it has since been reported that Leissner is being investigated by the US FBI over his connection to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is linked to the 1MDB scandal. The probe stems from Leissner's wife, Kimora Lee Simmons and her connections with Razak's wife, Rosmah Mansor, as well as reports that Leissner made millions from the Goldman Sachs deals he led with 1MDB.