Washington considering Malaysia’s request to extradite Tim Leissner

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The Attorney-General's Chambers requested the extradition of the ex-Goldman Sachs banker accused of involvement in the 1MDB scandal last August.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/12/12/washington-considering-malaysias-request-to-extradite-tim-leissner  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/12/12/as-pertimbang-pemintaan-malaysia-untuk-ekstradisi-tim-leissner  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews

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00:00The U.S. government is considering Malaysia's extradition request for former Goldman Sachs

00:05partner Tim Leisner from the U.S. over his role in the 1MDB scandal, says the Attorney

00:11General Chambers.

00:13The AGC said in a statement today that the request followed new information from the

00:17trial of Leisner's colleague Roger Ng in the U.S., also linked to 1MDB.

00:23It said Malaysia continues to seek documents that were never previously obtained, as well

00:27as individuals, including Leisner, who have never been prosecuted under the Malaysian

00:31justice system.

00:32Leisner, who served as Goldman's Southeast Asia chairman, was a central figure in US$6.5

00:38billion in bond deals for 1MDB between 2012 and 2013.

00:45U.S. prosecutors said Leisner conspired with Ng and fugitive financier Lo Take Joe to pay

00:49over US$1.6 billion in bribes to officials in Malaysia and the Middle East.

00:56Leisner pleaded guilty in 2018 to money laundering and bribery charges in the U.S. and admitted

01:02to receiving US$50 million to US$60 million in kickbacks and has been awaiting sentencing

01:08since then.

01:09And I'm with the Raja, FMT.

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