Goldman Sachs to pay $3bn over 1MDB corruption scandal
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Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay nearly $3bn (£2.3bn) to end a probe of its role in the 1MDB corruption scandal.
The bank's Malaysian subsidiary also admitted in US court that it had paid more than $1bn in bribes to win work raising money for the Malaysian state-owned wealth fund.
US officials said the record settlement reflected Goldman's "central" role in a "massive corruption scheme".
Goldman admitted it had fallen "short", calling it an "institutional failure".
In all, the investment bank is due to pay about $5bn in penalties - about two thirds of its 2019 profits - to regulators around the world, including in the UK, to resolve cases that have severely tarnished the firm's reputation.
Goldman's board also said it will recoup or withhold $174m in compensation awarded to executives, including retired boss Lloyd Blankfein, under whose watch the scandal happened.
"The board views the 1MDB matter as an institutional failure, inconsistent with the high expectations it has for the firm," it said in a statement.
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Article written for and by BBC World News