The name "Constantinos Achilles Veis" has been making headlines in the past few days because this is allegedly the fake Greek identity being used by Malaysian fugitive businessman Jho Low, who is reportedly living in luxury in Shanghai, with a forged Australian passport.
00:00The name Konstantinos Achilles Vase has been making headlines in the past few days because this is allegedly the fake Greek identity being used by Malaysian fugitive businessman Joe Lowe, who is reportedly living in luxury in China, with a forged Australian passport.
00:17This was uncovered by Bradley Hope and Tom Wright, the former Wall Street Journal reporters who were instrumental in exposing the one MDB corruption network.
00:28The duo have set up Brazen, an investigative reporting outlet, which also revealed that Lowe is allegedly living in Green Hills, a super high-end neighborhood in Shanghai.
00:38Responding to the report, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade warned that passport fraud is a grave offense under Australian law, with convicted offenders facing up to 10 years in prison or fines of up to $330,000 Australian dollars.
00:56DFAT added that it could not comment on individual cases because of privacy laws.
01:03The Brazen report comes amid long-standing international efforts to bring Lowe to justice.
01:09Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been in prison since 2022 after being convicted of corruption and money laundering linked to the one MDB scandal.
01:21Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim responded cautiously to Brazen's report, stating that Malaysia has received no official information about Lowe's alleged location.
