Friday, August 19, 2016

Singapore files more charges, sets trial dates for ex-BSI banker

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Singapore files more charges, sets trial dates for ex-BSI banker.

BSI bank in Singapore. TODAY file photo
SINGAPORE — Singapore filed two more charges against former BSI SA employee Yeo Jiawei as the attorney-general’s office prepares to present its case in October against the private banker involved in probes related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

Yeo will face four charges of perverting the course of justice, the Attorney-General’s Chambers said in an e-mailed statement on Thursday (Aug 18). The trial dates for these charges will be from Oct 31 until Nov 11, it said.

Malaysian state investment company 1MDB is at the centre of several international investigations into alleged corruption and money laundering by public officials. Prosecutors in at least four countries — Singapore, Switzerland, Luxembourg and the US — are looking into money flows from the investment vehicle, which was established for national development.

Yeo was a wealth planner at BSI who recommended ...

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