Jury in Ex-Goldman Banker Trial Shown Receipts Instead of Jewels
- Prosecutors are wrapping up criminal case over 1MDB bond deals
- U.S. is trying to tie alleged fraud to luxury item purchases
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The jury in the trial of a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker finally got a look at hard proof of the treasures bought with money allegedly looted in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB corruption scandal.
But jurors didn’t get to see the actual $23 million necklace with a pink diamond big enough to be a paperweight that was created by prestigious New York jeweler Lorraine Schwartz for Rosmah Mansor, the wife of the former Malaysian prime minister.