NEW YORK, Jan 8 ― A US judge yesterday said a former Goldman Sachs banker charged in the 1MDB Malaysian sovereign wealth fund scandal will be tried in early February, expressing confidence the Omicron coronavirus variant will not upend the trial.
Ng, the former head of investment banking for Goldman Sachs Malaysia, has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to violate an anti-bribery law and launder money. Prosecutors sought to delay Ng’s trial until late February, saying Omicron could cause disruptions and prevent travel by government witnesses from Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
“It will be a little easier for us to get a decent jury pool because, according to the epidemiologist, that the virus will peak in January, then I think we’ll be on the down end of it,” Brodie said.
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