Jho Low Seeks Trump Pardon Over $4.5 Billion 1MDB Fraud
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 12
Jho Low Seeks Trump Pardon Over $4.5 Billion 1MDB Fraud
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 12
A Justice Department notice shows Jho Low submitted a pardon application this year, seeking relief from US charges tied to the 1MDB scandal.
Low was charged in 2018 but has evaded arrest, making the request a bid to escape consequences in a case US authorities say he helped orchestrate.
US prosecutors accuse the fugitive Malaysian financier of masterminding a scheme that siphoned at least $4.5 billion from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, 1MDB.
The filing puts one of the biggest global financial fraud cases back into focus, with Low still at large years after the charges were brought.
Could a US pardon for the 1MDB mastermind halt the global mission to recover billions in stolen funds?
What precedent is set if the architect of the world's largest kleptocracy case is pardoned while at large?
Why would a fugitive who has never faced trial request a 'pardon after completion of sentence'?