00:00Fugitive financier Lo Take Zhou, better known as Zhou Lo, is allegedly residing in a high-end neighborhood in Shanghai
00:09and holding a fake Australian passport, according to investigative journalists Bradley Hope and Tom Wright.
00:16In a YouTube livestream yesterday, the duo said they gathered evidence from various sources and newly uncovered documents
00:23which showed that Lo is living in a mansion in Green Hills, an ultra-high-end neighborhood in Shanghai, China.
00:31They added that Lo was using a fake Australian passport with the Greek name Constantinos Achilles Vase to hide his identity, Variety reported.
00:42Hope and Wright also claimed that Lo was now working as a behind-the-scenes strategist for the Chinese government
00:47and his role allegedly includes helping sanctioned companies from China navigate difficulties around the world.
00:56Hope and Wright are former Wall Street Journal journalists who broke many of the key early 1MDB stories
01:02and co-wrote the book, Billion Dollar Whale, about the scandal.
01:06Lo, who has been charged in Malaysia and the U.S. over allegations that he orchestrated the theft of $4.5 billion from 1MDB,
01:14was previously said to be in Macau, although Beijing has denied protecting the fugitive financier.
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