Zahid Hamidi told Brits at secret meeting in November 2016 that 1MDB matter had to be resolved before Typhoon orders could be placed.

by Ganesh Sahathevan 

Zahid Hamidivisiting BAE Systems booth at LIMA.

The industry new service Intelligence OnLine reported on 21 December 2016:

During a visit to London in November, Malaysia’s deputy prime minister and interior minister Ahmad Zahid held a discreet meeting with Britain’s main defence industry players. BAE Systems and Airbus Group were told that the Malaysian government would not place an order for new fighter plans until the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) affair had been resolved. 

The meeting is reported to have been arranged by Grant Rogan of Blenheim Captial.
To be read with earlier post pasted below.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Typhoon fighter jets in exchange for silence on 1MDB:Has the UK cut a deal with Najib, brokered by the UK MOD's Grant Rogan?

by Gaaesh Sahathevan 




It appears that Malaysian PM Najib Razak's Government has decided that it will acquire British made Typhoon jets. It is understood that the deal involves the UK Government not acting on information it has on the 1MDB scandal.

As previously reported on a related blog, Najib and family, as well as other members of Malaysia's political elite, are subjects of the UK.s National Crime Agency attention with regards the 1MDB theft.

The deal is likely to include an offsets component (see below) which is more than likely to have been brokered Grant Rogan and his Blenheim Capital.In 2010 Blenheim was awarded a $5 billion contract by the Malaysian Government to manage ALL of its defence off-set deals. Blenheim has close ties with the UK's Ministry of Defence,which together with the UK's arms industry would the be principal beneficiary of his deals (see references below).

However, by April 2016 Blenheim appeared to have given up on that business and was instead working with the Malaysian Government to finance, build and operate two military communications satellites. The signing of the deals was witnessed by DPM Zahid Hamidi, and roughly coincided with anews that Malaysia had already decided on acquiring French made Rafale jets instead of the Typhoons. 

The main thing that has changed between then and now is the US DOJ's seizure of assets acquired with funds stolen from 1MDB,which include a multi-million dollar apartment in the UK held in the name of Riza Aziz. Despite that early involvement in the US action, UK authorities have done nothing with regards prosecution. 

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REFERENCES 

Grant Rogan,

architect of Gulf mega-contracts

Born in 1955. British

Chief executive of Blenheim Capital

Chief executive of Blenheim Capital since its foundation in 2006, Grant Rogan has been active in the Gulf since the 1980s. His father, Richard Grant Rogan, was already a connoisseur of the region. Middle East director of Northrop Grumman in the 1970s, he was a regular contact of Adnan Khashoggi, the famous Saudi arms dealer. His son, Grant, quickly opted to specialise in the discreet offset sector and set up his first consultancy company, Summit Group.

Offsets, which were originally intended to encourage the development of local industry in the Gulf, have become a determining factor in the signature of major contracts, particularly in the defence sector. From being a sideline, they have become a central feature in contract negotiations. One of the reasons for their success is that they are not totally covered by the transparency criteria governing commission payments which were brought into force by OECD convention in 1997.

Offsets are set up directly by the companies concerned, notably by their head office financial staff. But many companies opt to farm out the process and call in specialised operators. Over more than 20 years, Grant Rogan has become one of the leaders in this market. If he is called in, it is also because he is able to serve as an intermediary between Western defence groups and local offset bureaux. He is someone Western defence groups looking to carry out major projects in the region need to talk to but also someone who has precious contacts with the states of the region and their offset bureaux, which he advises and sometimes audits.

Rogan, with his team of ex-British defence ministry staff and defence industry executives, acts for groups like Dassault, BAE Systems, Airbus and Lockheed Martin.

Blenheim Capital, which was the first offset company to receive certification from Britain’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) in 2010, has offices in London, Abu Dhabi and Washington and has extended the geographical range of activity to the Far East, principally Malaysia.

DSA 2016: BAE Systems outlines Typhoon offset package for Malaysia
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
18 April 2016

BAE Systems remains committed to offering the Eurofighter Typhoon to meet the Royal Malaysian Air Force's (RMAF's) multirole combat aircraft (MRCA) requirement despite continuing delays in the programme.

John Brosnan, the managing director of BAE Systems' Asia business, told IHS Jane's on 18 April at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) exhibition in Kuala Lumpur that Typhoon is positioned to meet the RMAF's requirement to replace its ageing MiG-29 fighter aircraft and address intensifying strategic concerns in the region.

He added that he expects the MRCA programme to progress in the near future, and that BAE Systems is aiming to secure the deal through a comprehensive local industrial partnership supported, possibly, by UK finance.

"The MiG-29 will need replacing," he said. "The threats are out there, and the [RMAF] needs an aircraft. Its [Boeing] F/A-18 Hornets and [Sukhoi] Su-30s are getting older too. If you order aircraft today it takes two or three years before you get them so the decision would have to be made before too much longer, I would say."

He added, "A key element with the Typhoon is that it will be supported here in Malaysia. We will have a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility with a local partner, probably a joint venture but certainly an industrial partnership that will support the aircraft."

Brosnan noted that while localised production would not make economic sense for the MRCA programme, which will encompass the supply of 18 aircraft, the Typhoon offer could be supported by finance extended by the UK government. "Clearly, if we can spread payment plans over three periods rather than one, that is likely to be of interest," he said.

Elaborating on the point, Alan Garwood, BAE Systems' group business development director, told IHS Jane's that UK finance deals are becoming an increasingly popular method of supporting UK defence exports to countries facing economic constraints

Typhoon fighter jets in exchange for silence on 1MDB:Has the UK cut a deal with Najib, brokered by the UK MOD's Grant Rogan?

by Ganesh Sahathevan 




It appears that Malaysian PM Najib Razak's Government has decided that it will acquire British made Typhoon jets. It is understood that the deal involves the UK Government not acting on information it has on the 1MDB scandal.

As previously reported on a related blog, Najib and family, as well as other members of Malaysia's political elite, are subjects of the UK.s National Crime Agency attention with regards the 1MDB theft.

The deal is likely to include an offsets component (see below) which is more than likely to have been brokered Grant Rogan and his Blenheim Capital.In 2010 Blenheim was awarded a $5 billion contract by the Malaysian Government to manage ALL of its defence off-set deals. Blenheim has close ties with the UK's Ministry of Defence,which together with the UK's arms industry would the be principal beneficiary of his deals (see references below).

However, by April 2016 Blenheim appeared to have given up on that business and was instead working with the Malaysian Government to finance, build and operate two military communications satellites. The signing of the deals was witnessed by DPM Zahid Hamidi, and roughly coincided with a news that Malaysia had already decided on acquiring French made Rafale jets instead of the Typhoons. 

The main thing that has changed between then and now is the US DOJ's seizure of assets acquired with funds stolen from 1MDB, which include a multi-million dollar apartment in the UK held in the name of Riza Aziz. Despite that early involvement in the US action, UK authorities have done nothing with regards prosecution. 

END 

REFERENCES 

Grant Rogan,

architect of Gulf mega-contracts

Born in 1955. British

Chief executive of Blenheim Capital

Chief executive of Blenheim Capital since its foundation in 2006, Grant Rogan has been active in the Gulf since the 1980s. His father, Richard Grant Rogan, was already a connoisseur of the region. Middle East director of Northrop Grumman in the 1970s, he was a regular contact of Adnan Khashoggi, the famous Saudi arms dealer. His son, Grant, quickly opted to specialise in the discreet offset sector and set up his first consultancy company, Summit Group.

Offsets, which were originally intended to encourage the development of local industry in the Gulf, have become a determining factor in the signature of major contracts, particularly in the defence sector. From being a sideline, they have become a central feature in contract negotiations. One of the reasons for their success is that they are not totally covered by the transparency criteria governing commission payments which were brought into force by OECD convention in 1997.

Offsets are set up directly by the companies concerned, notably by their head office financial staff. But many companies opt to farm out the process and call in specialised operators. Over more than 20 years, Grant Rogan has become one of the leaders in this market. If he is called in, it is also because he is able to serve as an intermediary between Western defence groups and local offset bureaux. He is someone Western defence groups looking to carry out major projects in the region need to talk to but also someone who has precious contacts with the states of the region and their offset bureaux, which he advises and sometimes audits.

Rogan, with his team of ex-British defence ministry staff and defence industry executives, acts for groups like Dassault, BAE Systems, Airbus and Lockheed Martin.

Blenheim Capital, which was the first offset company to receive certification from Britain’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) in 2010, has offices in London, Abu Dhabi and Washington and has extended the geographical range of activity to the Far East, principally Malaysia.

DSA 2016: BAE Systems outlines Typhoon offset package for Malaysia
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
18 April 2016

BAE Systems remains committed to offering the Eurofighter Typhoon to meet the Royal Malaysian Air Force's (RMAF's) multirole combat aircraft (MRCA) requirement despite continuing delays in the programme.

John Brosnan, the managing director of BAE Systems' Asia business, told IHS Jane's on 18 April at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) exhibition in Kuala Lumpur that Typhoon is positioned to meet the RMAF's requirement to replace its ageing MiG-29 fighter aircraft and address intensifying strategic concerns in the region.

He added that he expects the MRCA programme to progress in the near future, and that BAE Systems is aiming to secure the deal through a comprehensive local industrial partnership supported, possibly, by UK finance.

"The MiG-29 will need replacing," he said. "The threats are out there, and the [RMAF] needs an aircraft. Its [Boeing] F/A-18 Hornets and [Sukhoi] Su-30s are getting older too. If you order aircraft today it takes two or three years before you get them so the decision would have to be made before too much longer, I would say."

He added, "A key element with the Typhoon is that it will be supported here in Malaysia. We will have a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility with a local partner, probably a joint venture but certainly an industrial partnership that will support the aircraft."

Brosnan noted that while localised production would not make economic sense for the MRCA programme, which will encompass the supply of 18 aircraft, the Typhoon offer could be supported by finance extended by the UK government. "Clearly, if we can spread payment plans over three periods rather than one, that is likely to be of interest," he said.

Elaborating on the point, Alan Garwood, BAE Systems' group business development director, told IHS Jane's that UK finance deals are becoming an increasingly popular method of supporting UK defence exports to countries facing economic constraints

Did Singapore let Jho Low's sister Low May Lin escape the country

by Ganesh Sahathevan 


Larry Low and family, including Jho, and their attempts to derail the US DOJ's seizure of "their assets" is revealing a lot.

Of special interest to this writer at this point of time is Larry's eldest daughter, Low May Lin.
It appears that Ms Low might well be the planner of the Low family's complex network of companies;a lawyer who specialises in offshore structures and who was admitted to practise in Singapore and the British Virgin Islands.

Emails to her and one Michael McNeil, who appears to be a husband and/or business partner, to resolve this seeming discrepancy where McNeil ,and not Low ,is listed as the sole solicitor of the practise in Singapore,have not got a response.

1 solicitor at Alliance Law Pte Ltd

Michael Mcneill Ward

Solicitor Admitted as a solicitor: 02/03/92SRA ID:153852SRA Regulated

Tel:62484775Email:m2mcneill@yahoo.comhideDirector at:Alliance Law Pte Ltd
80 Raffles Place,
#36-00 Uob Plaza 1,
Singapore,
Singapore,
048624,
Singapore
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Equally intriguing is this record from the Singapore Attorney General's Office which seems to suggest that Michael McNeil runs Alliance Law while running his own practise, McNeil Legal.

There has been speculation for sometime in Malaysia that Singapore authorities had in fact apprehended Ms Low, but then let her go.The reasons are equally speculative, but her mother's maiden name, Goh Gaik Ewe, does raise the raise the question of whether the Lows Singapore connections are far deeper than many have realized. Her name does suggest that she is a Peranakan ,and possibly of the famous Goh clan, even if she has been reduced to managing a small travel agency.One presumes of course that this  was the source of family income before the Lows "inherited" tens of billions. 

Admiral Tours & Travel Sdn. Bhd.

www.admiraltours.com.my

Company & Membership Info

Membership NoMA0632Company No243314-WKPL No.2414 (Inbound)

Company Contact Details

(604) 2636 394

www.admiraltours.com.my

2-7-10 Harbour Trade Centre Gat Lebuh Macallum Georgetown 10300, Penang Malaysia

gohgeiklin@gmail.com

Company Administrative Contact

 

Esther G L Goh

Executive Director

Official Representative

 

Goh Geik Lin

Alternate Representative

 

Goh Gaik Ewe

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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper attempts a Sir Humphrey , and fails.Then again Clapper thinks he is Sir Arnold...

by Ganesh Sahathevan 

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper .in what sounds like a plea to anyone who cares to listen that he ,and his friends, should keep their jobs:

"And I've received many expressions of concern from foreign counterparts about, you know, the disparagement of the US Intelligence community," he said.

"Public trust and confidence in the intelligence community is crucial," he said.

Crass, completely lacking in sophistication ,and wholly unconvincing, compared to this: 

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Obama's UNSC Israel Resolution: Co-sponsors New Zealand & Malaysia bias evidenced by NZ's Shewan Inquiry

by Ganesh Sahathevan

Jenny Shipley

John Shewan

It has been earlier reported on this blog that Obama's UNSC Resolution on Israel may be tainted, possibly made invalid , by his friend Malaysian PM Najib's 1MDB theft.
The primary sponsors of that ,resolution, formally known as UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016), appear to be Malaysia and New Zealand.

While New Zealand's leadership is not as compromised as Malaysia's PM Najib it does have a strong connection to the 1MDB scandal that plagues Najib.That issue has been reported in this posting:
How did New Zealand's Shewan inquiry miss the Low family's 1MDB theft?


Shewan is also a director of the New Zealand subsidiary of the China Construction Bank, which has been the subject of US Fed money laundering investigations. The New Zealand subsidiary 's chairman is former NZ prime minister Jenny Shipley, who has made clear that her bank would be a conduit for Chinese money which is much needed in New Zealand.

Chinese investment does not come without strings, as Najib has discovered recently.That matter also has been reported on this blog:
Malaysia's acceptance of China’s One Belt, One Road a condition of Chinese loan and investment

What New Zealand has had to give away in exchange for Chinese money is not yet apparent, but given the investment in Malaysia's Najib, it is in China's interest to ensure that the 1MDB scandal does not harm him any further.The Shewan Inquiry overlooking the 1MDB issue has certainly helped Najib and his business associates, Larry Low and son Jho Low. 

In addition the Lows, whose NZ trust the Shewan Inquiry seems to have ignored in the course of its investigations, remain  major players in Najib's dealings with the Chinese, as well as the 1MDB scandal which is an important factor in the China-Najib relationship (see 

China to help 1MDB settle multibillion-dollar legal dispute)

We have then a situation where   Malaysia, the main sponsor of Obama's UN resolution,  tainted by a US DOJ investigation into theft and money laundering, and the co-sponsor New Zealand entangling itself in that investigation given its Shewan Inquiry's  denying that the proceeds of the theft are being hidden using a NZ trust.

That .Shewan is himself a  CCB director adds to the perception that Obama's UN resolution is compromised by  bias borne of self-interest of its sponsors. As the Pinochet matter teaches us, perception matters.

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Malaysia's acceptance of China’s One Belt, One Road a condition of Chinese loan and investment-What did Dennis Richardson, Defence and Turnbull give away for Darwin Port, other Chinese investment?

by Ganesh Sahathevan 

China says Darwin , PNG, parts of the China Belt And Road Initiative

The investigative news site Sarawak Report has revealed that Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib entered into an agreement with a Chinese entity for the financing and construction of multi-billion dollar rail project which contained the following terms and conditions:

“Direct award on extremely favourable terms by GOM on an accelerated basis”
“Malaysia’s adoption of Chinese rail technology into Malaysia’s mega infrastructure projects”
“Malaysia’s acceptance and expansion of China’s One Belt, One Road strategy”
The wording suggests that China's One Belt One Road policy has more in common with the Japanese Imperial Army's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere that it does with say the European Union's free market.
As previously reported on this blog, China considers PNG and Darwin part of the Belt & Road, even if that ambition is not advertised.

Despite this, the Secretary Department of Defence , Dennis Richardson, and PM Malcolm Turnbull ,have insisted that the sale of Darwin Port to China's Landnridge does not raise any security issues. 

It does appear as if Australia , like Malaysia , has signalled its 

"acceptance and expansion of China’s One Belt, One Road strategy”.The only difference is that in Malaysia there is  an acknowledgement that these types of deals are tainted by corruption 

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Obama's UNSC Resolution on Israel may be tainted, possibly made invalid , by his friend Malaysian PM Najib's 1MDB theft

by Ganesh Sahathevan


My selfie with President Obama !
Mohd Najib Tun RazakVerified account‏@NajibRazak




The UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) on Israeli settlements is reported to have been initiated by US President Barak Obama.According to CNN:



In an interview with Kate Bolduan on CNN's "Erin Burnett Outfront," David Keyes (spokesman for Israel PM Nethenyahu) declined twice to say that the White House lied by denying that it helped push the resolution, which the United States abstained from voting on.
But Keyes did say: "All I can say is we have that information and it is very clear to us. It's not in doubt and we are going to pass it through the proper channels." He added that there is solid information from the Arab world and internationally that the Obama administration helped craft and promote the resolution.

The resolution was promoted by UNSC member Malaysia, whose prime minister Najib Razak said,after the resolution was passed:

"Alhamdulillah, with the grace of God (Allah SWT), the resolution which faced uncertainty when Egypt withdrew the draft, had finally answered the prayers of the people of Palestine.
"Malaysia, together with New Zealand, Senegal and Venezuela agreed to put the text of a draft resolution to vote, calling on Israel to stop the construction of illegal settlements," said Najib in his blog posting titled 'Resolusi Menentang Penempatan Haram'(The Resolution Against Illegal Settlements).


However,Najib, members of his family, and their associates are subject of a USDOJ investigation that has already resulted in the DOJ seeking the seizure of billions in assets that are alleged to have been acquired with funds stolen from the Malaysian Government's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund. Najib is not named in the USDOJ's writs, but is instead referred to a Malaysian Official One (MO1).


The matter of that theft, and Obama's friendship with Najib was an issue in the US presidential election when Wikileaks published  an email from George Soros's office which warned that the Obama administration was encouraging Najib is his theft ,and promotion of Islamism and jihadism


There can be no doubt that Obama's promotion of the Israeli settlements resolution would have required lobbying Najib, for Malaysia's UN representatives are bound by Najib's will.

The UNSC ,as does the UN, relies on its moral authority (such as it may be) as well as a theory of international law to give its resolutions standing, and legal force.While opinion on the issue of an UNSC resolution's legal force is divided,the issue does raise the question of whether an UNSC resolution may be declared invalid due to say,members acting in bad faith,or say a perception of bias. In the case of the Israeli settlements resolution Obama's dealings with a person who is subject of an action by his own government's Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative raises at least the matter of a perception of bias, which is by itself grounds to invalidate a decision of a court of law. That was the dilemma faced by the UK House of Lords in Re:Pinochet, ,where the court was forced to admit that even a mere  perception of bias was sufficient to taint its decision. The UN and the UNSC must surely be held to a higher standard, given their claims of moral authority.UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) may in fact be invalid, and it may well be in the UNSC's best interest to have the resolution suspended pending review of the conduct of its members who promoted it.

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United States Seeks to Recover More Than $1 Billion Obtained from Corruption Involving Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today the filing of civil forfeiture complaints seeking the forfeiture and recovery of more than $1 billion in assets associated with an international conspiracy to launder funds misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund.  Today’s complaints represent the largest single action ever brought under the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative.

Attorney General Lynch was joined in the announcement by Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker of the Central District of California, FBI Deputy Director Andrew G. McCabe and Chief Richard Weber of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).

According to the complaints, from 2009 through 2015, more than $3.5 billion in funds belonging to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) was allegedly misappropriated by high-level officials of 1MDB and their associates.  With today’s complaints, the United States seeks to recover more than $1 billion laundered through the United States and traceable to the conspiracy.  1MDB was created by the government of Malaysia to promote economic development in Malaysia through global partnerships and foreign direct investment, and its funds were intended to be used for improving the well-being of the Malaysian people.  Instead, as detailed in the complaints, 1MDB officials and their associates allegedly misappropriated more than $3 billion. 

“The Department of Justice will not allow the American financial system to be used as a conduit for corruption,” said Attorney General Lynch.  “With this action, we are seeking to forfeit and recover funds that were intended to grow the Malaysian economy and support the Malaysian people.  Instead, they were stolen, laundered through American financial institutions and used to enrich a few officials and their associates.  Corrupt officials around the world should make no mistake that we will be relentless in our efforts to deny them the proceeds of their crimes. ”

“According to the allegations in the complaints, this is a case where life imitated art,” said Assistant Attorney General Caldwell.  “The associates of these corrupt 1MDB officials are alleged to have used some of the illicit proceeds of their fraud scheme to fund the production of The Wolf of Wall Street, a movie about a corrupt stockbroker who tried to hide his own illicit profits in a perceived foreign safe haven.  But whether corrupt officials try to hide stolen assets across international borders – or behind the silver screen – the Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that there is no safe haven.”

“Stolen money that is subsequently used to purchase interests in music companies, artwork or high-end real estate is subject to forfeiture under U.S. law,” said U.S. Attorney Decker.  “Today’s actions are the result of the tremendous dedication of attorneys in my office and the Department of Justice, as well as law enforcement agents across the country.  All of us are committed to sending a message that we will not allow the United States to become a playground for the corrupt, a platform for money laundering or a place to hide and invest stolen riches.”

“The United States will not be a safe haven for assets stolen by corrupt foreign officials,” said Deputy Director McCabe.  “Public corruption, no matter where it occurs, is a threat to a fair and competitive global economy.  The FBI is committed to working with our foreign and domestic partners to identify and return these stolen assets to their legitimate owners, the Malaysian people.  I want to thank the FBI and IRS investigative team who worked with the prosecutors and our international partners on this case.”

“Today’s announcement underscores the breadth of the alleged corruption and money laundering related to the 1MDB fund,” said Chief Weber.  “We cannot allow the massive, brazen and blatant diversion of billions of dollars to be laundered through U.S. financial institutions without consequences.”

As alleged in the complaints, the members of the conspiracy – which included officials at 1MDB, their relatives and other associates – allegedly diverted more than $3.5 billion in 1MDB funds.  Using fraudulent documents and representations, the co-conspirators allegedly laundered the funds through a series of complex transactions and fraudulent shell companies with bank accounts located in the Singapore, Switzerland, Luxembourg and the United States.  These transactions were allegedly intended to conceal the origin, source and ownership of the funds, and were ultimately processed through U.S. financial institutions and were used to acquire and invest in assets located in the United States.

In seeking recovery of more than $1 billion, the complaints detail the alleged misappropriation of 1MDB’s assets as it occurred over the course of at least three schemes.  In 2009, the complaints allege that 1MDB officials and their associates embezzled approximately $1 billion that was intended to be invested to exploit energy concessions purportedly owned by a foreign partner.  Instead, the funds were transferred through shell companies and were used to acquire a number of assets, as set forth in the complaints.  The complaints also allege that the co-conspirators misappropriated more than $1.3 billion in funds raised through two bond offerings in 2012 and $1.2 billion following another bond offering in 2013.  As further detailed in the complaints, the stolen funds were laundered into the United States and used by the co-conspirators to acquire and invest in various assets.  These assets allegedly included high-end real estate and hotel properties in New York and Los Angeles, a $35 million jet aircraft, works of art by Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet, an interest in the music publishing rights of EMI Music and the production of the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.

The FBI’s International Corruption Unit and the IRS-CI investigated the case.  Deputy Chief Woo S. Lee and Trial Attorney Kyle R. Freeny of the Criminal Division’s Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Kucera and Christen Sproule of the Central District of California prosecuted the case.  The Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs provided additional assistance. 

The Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative is led by a team of dedicated prosecutors in the Criminal Division’s Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, in partnership with federal law enforcement agencies to forfeit the proceeds of foreign official corruption and, where appropriate, to use those recovered asset to benefit the people harmed by these acts of corruption and abuse of office.  Individuals with information about possible proceeds of foreign corruption located in or laundered through the United States should contact federal law enforcement or send an email to kleptocracy@usdoj.gov

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