Malaysia’s 1MDB files legal claim against Amicorp Group alleging over $7 billion in fraud By Reuters


KUALA LUMPUR – Scandal-hit Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad has filed a legal claim against corporate services provider Amicorp Group and its CEO alleging it facilitated over $7 billion in fraudulent transactions, 1MDB said on Monday. 

© Reuters. Men walk past a 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the funds flagship Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Olivia Harris/Files

The claim was filed in the British Virgin Islands against eight Amicorp entities and its Chief Executive Officer Toine Knipping, alleging that they played a vital role in enabling the sovereign wealth fund to be defrauded between 2009 and 2014, 1MDB said in a statement. It estimates the value of the claim at over $1 billion.     

Amicorp Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 




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