Malaysia charges Brit with money laundering for his role in 1MDB scandal
Paul Stadlen, a British national who had worked for disgraced former prime minister Najib Razak as a media adviser, was charged in absentia
Kuala Lumpur — Malaysian authorities charged Paul Stadlen, a British national who had worked for disgraced former prime minister Najib Razak as a media adviser, with two counts of money laundering, state news agency Bernama reported on Wednesday. Najib was ousted in a general election n 2018 amid widespread public anger over a multibillion-dollar graft scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Malaysian anti-graft investigators issued a notice in November calling for Stadlen, whose whereabouts are unknown, to assist in its 1MDB probe. Malaysian media reports say he fled the country shortly after Najib’s shock defeat in the May 9 election. Stadlen was charged in absentia on Wednesday with laundering a total of 14.3-million ringgit ($3.5m) that were proceeds from illegal activities and had been deposited in the client account of a law firm that prosecutors claimed received money from Najib. Stadlen was accused of ordering the sum to be transferred from the account to ...
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