00:00American celebrities Pharrell Williams, Kim Kardashian and her ex-husband Chris Humphries
00:07all received 1MDB funds from fugitive financier Low-Tech Joe.
00:13This is what financial fraud investigator Richard Templeman told the Kuala Lumpur High
00:17Court today.
00:19Templeman said Low transferred US$2.025 million to Williams, US$306,000 to Kardashian and
00:27US$100,000 to Humphries, respectively.
00:31According to Cosmo, Templeman said Low had transferred the funds to the celebrities through
00:36Goodstar Limited, a shell company he owned.
00:39He also said the funds were misappropriated from a joint venture agreement between 1MDB
00:45and PetroSaudi Limited.
00:48Templeman was testifying at the trial of former 1MDB chairman Irwan Sirigar Abdullah and former
00:54CEO Aroh Kandah Kandasamy.
00:57In 2021, 1MDB filed a suit against Irwan and Aroh for breach of trust and conspiracy that
01:03resulted in US$1.83 billion in losses related to the company's investment in 1MDB PetroSaudi.