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Swiss court jails 1MDB fraudsters over US$1.8 billion theft from Malaysia state fund
A pair of Geneva businessmen were found guilty of fraud by a Swiss court for their roles in a US$1.8 billion scam to defraud Malaysia’s 1MDB economic development fund. Tarek Obaid was sentenced to seven years in prison and his colleague Patrick Mahony six …