A reborn Malaysian mainstream media have also gone to town playing out shocking details of the scandal, even though the news was almost blacked out in the country, in the wake of a civil lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) in July 2016 and updated in June 2017.
Among the names mentioned by Justo in his latest interviews are Tarek Obaid, PetroSaudi’s founder and CEO, former director Patrick Mahony and Low Taek Jho or Jho Low.
Justo, 52, spent 16 months in a Thai jail on charges of blackmail and extortion, after what he now says was a confession made under duress.
So who are the key players named or alluded to in the DoJ civil lawsuit?
Before reading on, note that the DoJ has stated that “a civil forfeiture complaint is merely an allegation that money or property was involved in or represents the proceeds of a crime. These allegations are not proven until a court awards judgement in favour of the US”.
- Low Taek Jho or Jho Low (Owner, Good Star)
- Li Lin Seet (Wynton Group, owned by Jho Low)
- Shahrol Helmi (CEO, “1MDB Officer 2”)*
- Casey Tang (Executive Director, “1MDB Officer 1”).*
- Nik Faisal Ariff (Chief Investment Officer, “1MDB-SRC Officer”)*
- Radhi Mohamed (“CFO, 1MDB”)*
- Jasmine Loo Ai Swan (General Counsel, 1MDB)
- Azmi Tahir (Executive Director, Finance, “1MDB Officer 4”)*
- Najib Razak (“Malaysian Official 1”)*
- Eric Tan Kim Loong (associate of Jho Low)
- Khadem Al Qubaisi (Managing Director, IPIC; Chairman, Aabar Abu Dhabi, Director, Aabar BVI)
- Mohamed Badawy Al Husseiny (CEO, Aabar; Director, Aabar BVI)
- Riza Aziz (son of Rosmah Mansor; Owner, Red Granite Pictures)
- Hazem Rahman (“CEO, 1MDB”)*
- 1MDB Officer 5
- Saudi Associate 1
- Saudi Associate 2
- Singapore Banker 1
- Singapore Banker 2
- Singapore Banker 3
*This person is not specifically named in the DoJ lawsuit. However, after research of publicly available sources, it is the reasonable belief of FMT that this is the person being referred to in the DoJ lawsuit.