NEW YORK - A former Goldman Sachs banker charged last year in connection with the looting of billions of dollars from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn federal court on Monday , just hours after being flown back to the United States.
"Roger has pleaded not guilty and will at least consider all options available to every defendant at the inception of a case," Mr Agnifilo said. The charges against both men relate to an alleged scheme by the country's former leaders to plunder 1MDB, which used Goldman's investment banking services to issue US$6 billion in bonds meant to finance infrastructure projects in the country. Instead, prosecutors say, the former prime minister, Najib Razak, his family and a financier, Jho Low, spent a large portion of the money on jewels, jets and artwork.
"We continue to cooperate with all relevant authorities as the process continues to move forward," Mr Michael DuVally, a Goldman spokesman, said in a statement. The 1MDB scandal reached halfway around the globe and into the highest reaches of power in Malaysia. It led to Najib's downfall when he lost his re-election bid last May and was arrested by Malaysian authorities in July.
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