Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s former top banker in Southeast Asia has been subpoenaed by U.S. investigators probing possible wrongdoing at a Malaysian government investment fund, a person familiar with the matter said. Tim Leissner, who was Goldman’s chairman in the region until he left the firm last month, has worked on several big deals for the Malaysian fund that together earned Goldman hundreds of millions of dollars. The...
An ex - Goldman Sachs banker , Tim Leissner , who was the bank 's Chairman of South East Asia operations , has been subpoenaed to help investigations into 1MDB by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) . Leissner was a key player in helping 1MDB raise $ 6.5bn at a charge of $ 593 ##m in fees , well above industry average . This probe is at its information - gathering stage and there is no suggestion of wrongdoing by the bank or Leissner at this stage , citing sources . Investigation into 1MDB and companies linked to it are also ongoing in Switzerland , Singapore , Hong Kong , the UK and Malaysia .