{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"1MDB: How a Malaysian Sovereign Fund Was Looted for $4.5 Billion - Part 2: The Pitch That Sold the Lie","description":"The strange thing about 1MDB is that the pitch was almost too good. It was not sold as a risky deal. It was sold as a sovereign opportunity. A state-backed fund. Political support. Access to capital markets. In a world where money often moves on confidence before it moves on proof, that was enough to make people lean in.\r\n\r\nAnd lean in they did. Investors, bankers, advisers, and counterparties encountered a network that looked elite from every angle. There was a prime minister’s circle. There were major banks. There were polished intermediaries with the right accents, the right rooms, and the right connections. No one met a lone fraudster in a basement. They met a system. And the system itself was the sales pitch.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/1malaysia-development-berhad","author_name":"The Archive Network"}