The U.S. look into 1MDB money flows is part of a globe-spanning effort. Goldman Sachs and the Justice Department also declined to comment. Bankers at Goldman Sachs understood him to be a liaison from the fund even though he didn’t have an official role there, the government said. U.S. officials also began looking into Goldman Sachs’s role in raising the money for 1MDB, people familiar with the matter have said. Federal prosecutors then subpoenaed him for questioning in the 1MDB matter, people briefed on the matter said last year.

Source: The Star April 28, 2017 04:30 UTC