Jho Low Mounted Secret Lobbying Campaign Over 1MDB Probe, U.S. Says
- Low is accused of back-channel lobbying to drop investigation
- Former Fugees star Pras Michel is also named as defendant
Jho Low
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A Malaysian financier and a former member of hiphop trio the Fugees were accused in a new indictment of illegally lobbying the Trump administration to drop an investigation tied to the 1MDB global bribery scandal and remove a Chinese dissident from the U.S.
A federal grand jury on Thursday returned a superseding indictment against Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, and Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, according to a Justice Department statement Friday.