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“The following year, Low had arranged for $170 million from the Goldman-prepared power-plant bonds to fill Najib’s account. To avoid questions, Cheah and Low had seen to it the account was marked as one used for internal bank transfers, meaning it would not be visible to compliance staff. The Australian and New Zealand Banking Group, known as ANZ, owned a minority stake in AmBank, giving it the right to appoint executives and board members. But ANZ’s management had no idea about this secret account’s existence. Joanna Yu, a middle-level AmBank executive, was tasked with taking instructions from Low about incoming wires and outgoing checks. Najib had used most of the initial infusion to pay off crony politicians, as well as on jewelry and a $56,000 expense at Signature Exotic Cars, a high-end car dealership in Kuala Lumpur. Now, with the elections approaching, the account was about to become a lot more active.”
― Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
― Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
“In the space of a month, since Prince Turki had written Najib with his proposal in late August, a multi-billion-dollar joint-venture agreement had been completed. Such a time frame—to complete due diligence, asset valuations, and other legal checks—was virtually without parallel.”
― Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
― Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
“Global Financial Integrity, a Washington-based anticorruption group, estimated that $1 trillion was drained from developing economies in 2012 alone, especially poorly regulated places like Brazil, China, India, and Russia.”
― Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
― Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
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