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2021
1MDB files asset-recovery lawsuits against bank units
Lawsuit filed
1MDB filed lawsuits at a Kuala Lumpur court against units of Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Coutts & Co, seeking to recover billions of dollars in alleged losses. The claims include negligence, breach of contract, conspiracy to defraud or injure, and dishonest assistance; the allegations are not determinations of liability.
Stated objective. recover billions in alleged losses
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The claims are premised on "negligence, breach of contract, conspiracy to defraud/injure, and/or dishonest assistance", 1MDB said in the documents, filed at a Kuala Lumpur court on Friday.
1MDB is claiming $1.11 billion from Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Bhd, $800 million from J.P. Morgan (Switzerland) Ltd and $1.03 billion from a Swiss-based Coutts unit, and interest payments from all of them, according to the lawsuit.
Malaysia's now-defunct 1MDB state fund is suing units of Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Coutts & Co to recover billions in alleged losses from a corruption scandal at the fund, court documents seen by Reuters showed.