The judge said anyone who asserts a legal interest in the Celsius shares may file a petition with the court. account in the name of Leissner’s former wife, Kimora Lee Simmons. That case is still pending.īrodie said in her Friday order that the Celsius shares were being held at a JPMorgan Chase & Co. Ng alleged that Leissner took his original $1.25 million investment in Celsius, has since grown in value enormously. Ng sued Leissner in New York state court in November, alleging his ex-boss cheated him out of an investment worth at least $130 million. Ownership of the Celsius shares remains in dispute. Ng is scheduled to be sentenced on March 9.
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Ng, 51, the only Goldman employee to go to trial over the multibillion-dollar looting, was convicted by a federal jury in April of three felony counts, including conspiring to violate US anti-bribery laws and conspiring to launder money. The US said that both Leissner, Goldman’s former Southeast Asia head, and Ng conspired with financier Jho Low, the alleged mastermind of the sprawling fraud scheme, to bribe officials in Malaysia and Abu Dhabi to facilitate bond deals. Marc Agnifilo, a lawyer for Ng, didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment. Henry Mazurek, a lawyer for Leissner, declined to comment on the judge’s order about his client.
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Ahead of the full recommendation, the US on Friday asked Brodie to order Ng to forfeit $35.1 million. The forfeiture order comes the same day the government is set to issue a sentencing recommendation for Ng.
He pleaded guilty in August 2018 and was the government’s star witness against his former Goldman colleague Roger Ng. Leissner has been free on $20 million bail since his arrest in June 2018. US District Judge Margo Brodie on Friday ordered Leissner to surrender the assets as part of his earlier guilty plea to foreign bribery and money-laundering charges related to the 1MDB scandal. banker Tim Leissner, who pleaded guilty to participating in the massive 1MDB foreign bribery fraud, was ordered to forfeit $43.7 million in cash as well as all 3.3 million shares in fitness drink company Celsius Holdings Inc.
Russell Simmons is Suing Ex Wife Kimora Lee Simmons For Allegedly Stealing His Stock Shares to Cover Her Current Husband's Legal Fees! View attachment 4548766įormer Goldman Sachs Group Inc. View attachment 4548751 Note: These are the same Celsius shares that Russell Simmons is suing Kimora over, alleging that he's the true owner of the shares and she fraudulently transferred them away from his accounts.
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