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Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, representing former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, intensely questioned a key financial investigator's handling of the 1MDB fraud case, focusing on gaps in tracing a missing US$620 million trail of funds.
A Singapore corporate services provider has been sentenced to 32 weeks in jail for fabricating financial records on behalf of shell companies involved in the city-state's largest money laundering operation, which saw 10 foreigners convicted.
Two co-founders of Fullerton Healthcare Corporation have been fined a combined S$160,000 for falsifying entertainment expense claims totalling over S$211,000, which was channelled to assist a third individual whose case remains pending.
Malaysia's Court of Appeal has upheld a RM84.64 million fraud ruling against former Protasco directors, rejecting their challenge to the judgment and establishing important precedent on oral versus written court decisions.