KUALA LUMPUR / NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs will pay $ 3.9 billion to resolve Malaysia’s criminal investigation into the role of the US investment bank in the 1MDB multi-million dollar scandal, closing a key front in the multi-jurisdictional investigation that has been over Goldman. Shares of Goldman Sachs …
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