Ng had asked that he be given no prison time and be allowed to return to Malaysia. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - US prosecutors on Friday urged a judge to sentence former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng to 15 years in prison after he wasA jury in Brooklyn federal court had last April found Ng, Goldman’s former head of investment banking in Malaysia, guilty ofLeissner had been Goldman’s Southeast Asia chief.In his own sentencing request on Feb 25, Ng asked thatbefore waiving his right to contest extradition to the United States in 2018.
Prosecutors said US$4.5 billion of that sum was embezzled by officials, bankers and their associates, in one of the biggest scandals in Wall Street history.
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