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US to recover Monet, Warhol from fugitive financier Jho Low over 1MDB scandal
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US to recover Monet, Warhol from fugitive financier Jho Low over 1MDB scandal
Jun 26, 2024 9:28 AM

June 26 (Reuters) - Jho Low, the fugitive Malaysian

financier, will forfeit more than $100 million including a

luxury Paris apartment and works by Claude Monet and Andy Warhol

to settle civil forfeiture cases over his role in the 1MDB

bribery and embezzlement scandal.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the forfeiture on

Wednesday, after U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer in Los Angeles

approved a consent agreement with Low and his family on Monday.

The forfeited assets are in addition to nearly $1 billion,

including a $120 million "superyacht," that Low and his family

previously forfeited.

Low still faces criminal money laundering and bribery

conspiracy charges in Brooklyn, New York, over 1MDB, a sovereign

wealth fund also known as 1Malaysia Development Berhad.

U.S. and Malaysian authorities have said more than $4.5

billion was looted from 1MDB between 2009 and 2015, with some

money sent to offshore bank accounts and shell companies linked

to Low.

The financier had helped former Malaysian Prime Minister

Najib Razak set up 1MDB to promote economic development.

Goldman Sachs ( GS ), which helped 1MDB sell bonds, reached

a $2.9 billion settlement in 2020 of a U.S. criminal case

concerning 1MDB. The bank is not part of the civil forfeiture.

Lawyers for Low did not immediately respond to requests for

comment.

The Justice Department said Low paid about $35 million for

Monet's "Vetheuil au Soleil," Warhol's "Colored Campbell's Soup

Can (Emerald Green), 1965" and the Paris apartment.

Low and his family will also give up $67 million of real

estate and bank accounts in Hong Kong, Singapore and

Switzerland.

The Justice Department said it has helped return to Malaysia

more than $1.5 billion associated with 1MDB, in the department's

largest-ever civil forfeiture case.

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