Fed permanently bars Goldman banker over 1MDB

The Federal Reserve permanently barred a senior Goldman Sachs executive from the banking industry over the 1MDB scandal, the US central bank announced Tuesday.

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The Fed action affects Andrea Vella, who had been placed on leave amid a crackdown over 1MDB, the scandal-plagued Malaysian investment fund for which Goldman Sachs helped raise USD 6.5 billion.

The Justice Department has said more than USD 4.5 billion was stolen from 1MDB by high-level officials at the fund and their associates between 2009 and 2015.

Vella "engaged in unsafe and unsound practices" by failing to take action over the involvement of Low Taek Jho in bond offerings in 2012 and 2013, the Fed said in an administrative order.

Low, an alleged mastermind and an intermediary to the Malaysian fund, "was a person of known concern to Goldman, and his involvement indicated heightened potential underwriting risks," the Fed said in a news release.

The Fed’s action comes on the heels of earlier moves to permanently bar two …