She added that China would firmly protect the rights and interests of Chinese students and scholars abroad but she didn’t offer any details on how it would do so in this situation.
But they say more than $4.5 billion of the funds were stolen and laundered through bribes and kickbacks.The spoils bankrolled extravagant purchases, from wild parties to lavish spending on jewels, art, a superyacht and luxury real estate, prosecutors have said. They also helped finance the 2013 Martin Scorsese film “The Wolf of Wall Street” that starred Leonardo DiCaprio.
The scandal led to the fall of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government in 2018. Najib was laterof abuse of power and other crimes related to the scandal and sentenced to 12 years in prison.“What we did was unequivocally wrong, and I take full responsibility for my role,” Leissner said Thursday. “I deeply regret my actions, and if I could turn back time, I would undo them without hesitation.”
Leissner had pleaded guilty in 2018 to bribing government officials in Malaysia and Abu Dhabi.He served as a key government witness in the trial of Roger Ng, a fellow former Goldman Sachs banker who was
to 10 years in federal prison.
Ng’s lawyers described the looting of 1MDB as “perhaps the single largest heist in the history of the world,” but maintained prosecutors scapegoated him for crimes committed by others, including“I think for individuals it has to become even more important to them,” Conley said on Thursday as players went through exit interviews at team headquarters. “Maybe that means studying the game more. Maybe that means doing more individual coaching, taking coaches on the side and getting some individual stuff there, bringing me aside every now and then even more often, and just using the minds around you to help you grasp certain concepts and certain things about the game.”
The eight-player rotation Finch was hesitant to extend will certainly change, with Terrence Shannon Jr. clearly ready for more playing time in the backcourt and the Wolves hopeful that Rob Dillingham and Jaylen Clark are too. Nickeil Alexander-Walker will become an unrestricted free agent, creating one potential opening.Then there’s the tricky contract situation in the frontcourt, where Randle and Reid each have an option to exercise for next season they could decide to decline in favor of a longer-term, more lucrative deal. Reid, for his part, said he would likely opt out. The 2023-24 NBA Sixth Man of the Year also said he would prefer to be a starter.
“But if you want to be in a winning position,” Reid said, “sometimes you might have to sacrifice.” ___lowered his head to drive into the lane with a determination that was missing in the last game, muscling his 6-foot-9, 255-pound frame against slender Oklahoma City star