綜合報導最新【勁爆消息】萊斯納爆料：銀行內有人助《隱瞞賄賂》以保住在大馬的業務！保住在馬來西亞的業務.....報導指出，儘管萊納斯的證詞，不意味著他與執法當局合作，但法官警告他，根據聯邦判刑準則，他面對數十年的監禁。萊斯納坦言 銀行有人助隱瞞賄賂

萊斯納（Tim Leissner）。（吉隆坡10日訊）日前在美國法庭承認賄賂罪名的高盛前東南亞地區主管萊斯納坦言，正因為該投資銀行的【保密文化】，讓他得以向公司內的監管人員隱瞞不當行為。《彭博社 Bloomberg》報導，萊斯納認罪證詞在昨日公布，他在認罪時透露，該銀行內也有人協助他隱瞞賄賂，以保住在馬來西亞的業務。報導指出，儘管萊納斯的證詞，不意味著他與執法當局合作，但法官警告他，根據聯邦判刑準則，他面對數十年的監禁。 如果為控方提供有利資訊，可能有助他減刑。萊斯納在8月28日給法官的證詞，可能有助控方利用來追蹤銀行和其他高職人員在為一馬發展公司籌集65億美元（約270億令吉）債券上所扮演的角色。控方指超過40億美元（約167億令吉）是遭馬來西亞前首相親友所抽走。萊斯斯日前承認2項洗黑錢和在海外進行貪污賄賂行為的罪名；他也涉嫌賄賂大馬和阿布達比官員，以及規避高盛集團內部監管機制。在高盛集團的【保密文化】下，我與其他職員串謀，不讓公司內的一些監管職員發現這些不當行為。

他說，他在2009年至2014年參與洗黑錢、賄賂和回扣是為了執行一馬公司交易的【策略】，以惠及他個人和高盛。他指出，他的目標就是影響馬來西亞高官，好讓高盛取得一馬公司的業務。萊斯納在2015年事件曝光後受到高盛集團的調查，在遭停職後隔年就離開了公司。知情人士透露，高盛代表律師搜查了萊斯納的記錄，並向控方提供公司遭萊斯納欺騙的證據，不僅是一馬公司的集資，還有其他事項。

In his guilty plea, which was unsealed on Friday, Leissner said others at the bank helped him conceal bribes used to retain business in Malaysia, suggesting he has more to offer prosecutors.

Tim LeissnerThe heavily redacted transcript doesn』t indicate whether he is cooperating with authorities. But the judge warned him that under federal sentencing guidelines he faces decades in prison. Providing useful information to prosecutors might help Leissner get a more lenient sentence.Leissner’s Aug. 28 statement to the judge may give prosecutors more leverage to go after the bank, and other executives, for their roles in raising $6.5 billion for the Malaysian fund, 1MDB. Prosecutors say more than $4 billion was siphoned off by friends and family of the nation’s prime minister, among others.「I conspired with other employees and agents of Goldman Sachs very much in line of its culture of Goldman Sachs to conceal facts from certain compliance and legal employees of Goldman Sachs,」 Leissner said.Michael DuVally, a spokesman for Goldman, didn』t have an immediate comment. The bank has said it believed proceeds of debt sales it underwrote were for development projects and that Leissner withheld information from the firm.Jho LowIn his plea, Leissner acknowledged lying to compliance officials at Goldman about the role in the fund played by Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, the alleged mastermind of the fraud."I knew that concealing Jho Low’s involvement as an intermediary was contrary to Goldman Sachs’s stated internal policies and procedures," he said. "I and several other employees of Goldman Sachs at the time also concealed that we knew that Jho Low was promising and paying bribes and kickbacks to foreign officials to obtain and retain 1MDB business for Goldman Sachs, for the benefit of Goldman Sachs and myself."Goldman has been under scrutiny for years over its role in raising money for 1MDB and for the fees it earned -- about $600 million. 1MDB is at the center of a global scandal involving claims of embezzlement and money laundering, which have triggered investigations in the U.S., Singapore, Switzerland and beyond and helped drive Malaysia’s former leader from power.Blankfein said to attend 1MDB meetingIn 2015, after the scandal spilled into public, Goldman began investigating Leissner and eventually suspended him. He left the following year. Goldman’s lawyers scoured Leissner’s record and provided evidence to prosecutors that he deceived them, not only in lying about his management of the Malaysian fund raising, but in other unrelated matters, people familiar with the matter have said.Charges against Leissner, Low and Goldman banker Roger Ng were unsealed in the U.S. this month. Leissner had secretly pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act at the August hearing. He’s free on $20 million bail.Leissner told the judge he took part in the money laundering, bribery and kickbacks from 2009 to 2014 in an effort to acquire and execute the "strategic" 1MDB transaction to benefit himself and Goldman. He said the goal was to influence Malaysian officials so that Goldman would get 1MDB’s business.Goldman has told prosecutors its comprehensive review of Leissner’s conduct determined that the German-born investment banker violated its internal policies by failing to disclose business investments, including a $1 million stake in an African energy company, Signet Petroleum, and a 2 million euro ($2.3 million) stake in a German insurance start-up, Friendsurance, according to two people familiar with the matter.In early 2016, shortly after the first public reports of wrongdoing at 1MDB, the bank said it discovered that Leissner had written a letter of recommendation for Jho Low -- falsely claiming, the bank says, that Goldman had done due diligence on Low’s family wealth and approved him as a client with no regulatory concerns.In fact, Goldman had rejected Low as a private wealth management client on several occasions.Ng was arrested in Malaysia last week at the request of U.S. authorities. He’s filing an application to review the U.S. detention and extradition order, said people familiar with the case, who asked not to be identified as the deliberations are private. Separately, Ng and his family have agreed to surrender about S$40 million ($29 million) to authorities in neighboring Singapore, which would then repatriate the funds to Malaysia, the people said.According to federal filings, Low was closely involved in helping Goldman Sachs win the Malaysian business even as Leissner and others were already working to shield his role from its compliance group.

高盛集團現任主席勞埃德布蘭克費恩被確認，曾出席高盛前高層蒂姆萊斯納與大馬年輕富商劉特佐之間的會議，疑是1MDB弊案的主謀。 ?據彭博社的一則報道指出，涉嫌欺詐一個馬來西亞發展有限公司（1MDB）的高盛集團內部消息指布蘭克費恩個人參與推動投資銀行，資助大馬投資公司的工作。在高盛集團前銀行家蒂姆萊斯納已認罪的起訴案中，美國曾不點名地提及一名高盛執行人員。起訴書闡明，有關的執行人員被確認為布蘭克費恩，他曾出席蒂姆萊斯納和劉特佐的會議，疑是1MDB醜聞的主謀。 ?布蘭克費恩今年初辭去了高盛總執行長一職，惟他保留投資銀行主席一職至今年杪。據美國檢控官指出，該投資銀行與1MDB合作中的費用「高於平均水平」的6億美元，其中2012年和2013年3個債券籌集了6.5億美元，當中，萊斯納和黃宗華與其他人收取巨額獎金。萊斯納已承認洗黑錢和共謀違反《反海外腐敗法》，並同意沒收4370萬美元（1億8190萬令吉）。財政部長林冠英早前指出，高盛集團在道德上有義務歸還這筆錢予大馬，公正黨候任主席拿督斯里安華則對彭博社電視台說，若該銀行參與這項醜聞，是「不被原諒」的行為。高盛總執行長大衛所羅門在新加坡接受彭博社電視台訪問時透露，該集團兩名前高層涉在與1MDB的交易中違法，是讓人非常「痛心」的。

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