HALISTER1: Ex-BSI Banker Yeo’s Money Laundering Trial Expected in April (1)

Ex-BSI Banker Yeo’s Money Laundering Trial Expected in April (1)

(Bloomberg) -- (Updates with trial date in first bullet)
  • Tentative dates for next trial fixed in April 2017, Singapore Attorney General’s Chambers says in e-mail
  • Yeo Jiawei faces further seven charges, including offences of cheating, money laundering and forgery, according to e- mail
  • On Tuesday, Yeo’s former BSI supervisor Kevin Swampillai testified in Singapore court as witness
  • Yeo, ex-BSI SA wealth planner, usually addressed Low Taek Jho as “boss:” Swampillai
  • Yeo believed to have worked with Low after leaving BSI, Swampillai says
  • “When he worked with Low Taek Jho and consulted with his associates, there was a great degree of secrecy around what they did, how they spoke to each other, and apparently fictitious names were used when referring to certain individuals,” Swampillai says
  • Yeo sent Swampillai a photo of Low working in his private jet; that was a “physical representation” of Yeo’s association with Low: Swampillai
  • A call to Low’s Jynwel Capital in Hong Kong wasn’t answered
  • NOTE: Singapore Files More Charges, Sets Trial Dates for Ex- BSI Banker
  • NOTE: Swiss Bank BSI Appeals $100 Million Penalty Over 1MDB Links
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Tickers
0206021D MK (1Malaysia Development Bhd)
EFGN SW (EFG International AG)

People
Jynwel Capital Limited (Jynwel Capital Ltd)
Kevin Swampillai (BSI Bank Ltd)
Low Taek Jho (Jynwel Capital Ltd)
Yeo Jiawei (BSI Bank Ltd)

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