The former Goldman Sachs Banker was sentenced to two years in prison for the role of 1MDB

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Tim Leissner, a disgraced former former Goldman Sachs Banker, Multibillion-dollar 1MDB prison sentenced to two years in prison, was sent to one of the most violent Wall Avenue prosecutors in history.

Leissner confessed to the beginning of the Federal referee, who faced until 25 years in prison, acknowledged that he was “very wrong”. He dressed in a dark suit, and he grew emotionally when he recently fleeing an emergency waist operation after a car accident. He was not with him, “unbearably torture”, he said, when he reached the tissues.

Leissner’s sentence is a stage in the investigation of the US law enforcement in the investigation of 1MDB Golden-headed Bankers say about $ 4.5 billion from the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Malaysian officials in the prosecutors. Leyissner admitted the investigation to early blame and agreed to operate with prosecutors who testified in the court of one of his former colleagues, Roger Ng.

Goldman received more than $ 1 billion in a saga, including the US Department of Justice, and the US Department of Justice, and the US Department of Justice, Switzerland and politicians pay $ 3 billion. The court also currently tried the trial of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, convicted and sentenced to six years in prison.

Was ng Been sentenced to 10 years in prison After the New York jury in 2023, he was guilty of washing bribery and dirty money. 1MDB Quran Razak, Kuala Lumpur fights prison.

Leissner helped Goldman’s steering wheel behind the wheel of the three 1 CIS bond deal in 2012 and 2013, more than $ 2.7 billion from the former banker.

He informed the court that he said that the stolen 1MDB revenues, New York and London’s 170ft yacht and real estate, as well as the Italian football team Inter Milan.

The bank’s general adviser Kathryn Ruemmler, this month in the Wall Street Group, “Many people have lied to many people, and many people have not lied more,” the $ 20.7 million Arbitration Award Goldman said.