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U.S. files civil forfeiture suits naming Jho Low over 1MDB funds

On 20 July 2016 the U.S. Justice Department filed civil forfeiture complaints targeting more than $1 billion in assets said to have been bought with money diverted from the Malaysian state fund 1MDB. The filings described Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) as a central figure who attended 1MDB board meetings and served as a link to the prime minister.

Jho Low (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 20 July 2016 the U.S. Justice Department filed civil forfeiture complaints targeting more than $1 billion in assets said to have been bought with money diverted from the Malaysian state fund 1MDB. The filings described Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) as a central figure who attended 1MDB board meetings and served as a link to the prime minister.

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  • Jho Low

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    U.S. files civil forfeiture suits naming Jho Low over 1MDB funds. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.aljazeera.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: low+1mdb+forfeiture · verified
  2. 2.theguardian.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: low+1mdb+forfeiture · verified

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Factrail. (2026). U.S. files civil forfeiture suits naming Jho Low over 1MDB funds. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/doj-1mdb-civil-forfeiture-filing-2016-07-20

https://factrail.ai/facts/doj-1mdb-civil-forfeiture-filing-2016-07-20

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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