（2017年9月6日）據美國聯邦調查局（FBI）指出，一個馬來西亞發展有限公司（1MDB）被指控挪用數十億美元的可能證人，太害怕與美國調查人員談話（不敢供證），因為他們害怕報復。
跟據聯邦調查局披露，一些已經配合調查的證人很擔心自身和家人的安危，另一些則認為和美國聯邦調查局合作而供證，是一項極度危險的行為。據一名不願透露姓名的聯邦調查局調查員披露，這些外國證人都擔心一旦自己的名字暴露，而讓1MDB舞弊案的主謀發現的話，他們自己活家人將會受到這些黑手的迫害或威脅。
聯邦調查局周二在聯邦法院在洛杉磯提交的文件中表示，願意提供資料的個人告訴美國政府，他們擔心自己及其家屬的安全和保障面臨嚴重風險。
司法部上個月要求法官暫緩充公涉及挪用一馬公司基金購買位於美國，英國和瑞士所涉及超過10億美元的資產。這些資產都在進行著十多項民事訴訟。而聯邦調查局也對這些資產的合法性展開刑事調查。有關目標資產是由馬來西亞金融家劉特佐Low Taek Jho （又稱Jho Low）;馬來西亞首相納吉繼子裡扎（Raza Aziz）和阿布達比國際石油投資公司前董事總經理Khadem al Qubaisi 所認購。
代表Low，Aziz，Qubaisi及其家屬持有資產的信託人管理單位對於充公行動持有異議，更反對將民事案件擱置的要求。根據聯邦調查局的消息，有關劉特佐的信託人管理單位要求美國提供證人身份，證據來源以及與刑事調查有關的數千份文件。
聯邦調查局更引述馬來西亞當地執法官員因為調查1MDB案件而被拘捕的新聞報導，因為他們在1MDB的貪污案調查發揮了作用。而馬來西亞媒體也報道說，馬來西亞前總檢察長阿都甘尼的司機前幾天在住家被槍手開槍襲擊，並視這種行為是在警告和威脅前總檢察長和有關人士，別與美國調查機關合作。
根據聯邦調查局的文件，馬來西亞前總檢察長阿都甘尼（Abdul Gani）是最先配合美國聯邦調查局對1MDB展開調查的。也因為這個原因，他在2015年，在毫無預警之下被馬來西亞首相納吉革職。
美國的調查是全球努力追蹤1MDB為發展項目籌集的60億美元案，是否涉及貪污或參與洗錢活動的一部分。瑞士，新加坡和盧森堡也對有關涉及的銀行和個人進行調查的國家之一。
直到去年為止，也是一馬公司顧問團主席的馬來西亞首相納吉，否認涉及任何不法行為，並被馬來西亞新任總檢察長證實清白。在六月份，劉特佐則針對第二輪充公訴訟發表聲明，表示美國政府仍在繼續所謂的「沒有任何證據顯示涉及的資產是非法得來，卻要繼續以非法的訴訟充公資產。」
另外，美國司法部也指稱，在2014年，劉特佐贈送了一枚價值129萬美元的心形鑽石和380萬美元的鑽石吊墜給他當時的女朋友，女演員米蘭達·克爾（Miranda Kerr），而這些鑽石和項鍊都是以被盜的錢買的。
美國司法部也指出，劉特佐也贈送了320萬美元的畢卡索繪畫給在電影「華爾街狼」（The Wolf of Wall Street）擔當主角的演員，萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧（Leonardo DiCaprio），而有關電影則是由馬來西亞首相納吉的繼子裡扎所持有的美國電影公司所製作。該公司的資金相信是由1MDB基金得來的。
該案在美國訴加州中央區（洛杉磯）的美國地方法院的檔案編號為：16-cv-05362號華爾街狼。
1MDB Stolen Funds Witnesses Are Scared to Talk, FBI Says
By Edvard Pettersson
September 6, 2017, 6:25 AM GMT+8
Possible witnesses to the alleged looting of billions of dollars from 1Malaysia Development Bhd are too scared to talk to U.S. investigators because they fear retaliation, according the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Some people in “certain foreign countries” already assisting the criminal probe are concerned for their safety, while others say it’s too dangerous to cooperate, according to an FBI request to keep the names of its informants secret from the alleged masterminds of the 1MDB conspiracy.
Individuals who would otherwise be willing to provide information have told the government they』re worried about putting 「the safety and security of both themselves and their families at serious risk,” the FBI said Tuesday in a federal court filing in Los Angeles.
The Justice Department last month asked a judge to put on hold a dozen-plus civil forfeiture lawsuits seeking more than $1 billion in assets in the U.S., the U.K. and Switzerland while it’s conducting a criminal investigation into funds siphoned from Malaysia’s state development fund. The targeted assets were acquired by Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low; Riza Aziz, a stepson of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak; and Khadem al Qubaisi, the former managing director of Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Co.
The trusts holding the assets on behalf of Low, Aziz, al Qubaisi and their families are contesting the forfeiture actions and oppose the request to put the civil cases on hold. The Low trusts have asked the U.S. to supply it with the identities of witnesses, sources of evidence, and thousands of documents that are relevant to the criminal investigation, according to the FBI.
The FBI cited Malaysian news reports of local officials who have been arrested because of their purported role in investigating the 1MDB embezzlement. As recently as Aug. 30, Malaysian media reported that the driver of former Malaysian Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail was shot and wounded as a possible warning to the former prosecutor not to cooperate with the U.S., the FBI said.
Abdul Gani opened the initial 1MDB investigation, according to the FBI’s filing. He was replaced as attorney general in 2015.
The U.S. investigation is part of a global effort to track how much of the $6 billion that 1MDB raised for development projects was embezzled or involved in money laundering. Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg are among the countries also investigating the roles played by banks and individuals.
Najib, who until last year was the chairman of 1MDB’s advisory board, has denied any wrongdoing and was cleared by Malaysia’s attorney general. Low issued a statement in June, in response to a second round of forfeiture lawsuits, saying the U.S. government was continuing 「inappropriate efforts to seize assets despite not having proven that any improprieties have occurred.」
In those cases, the Justice Department alleged that a $1.29 million heart-shaped diamond and a $3.8 million diamond pendant Low gave in 2014 to his then-girlfriend, actress Miranda Kerr, were bought with stolen money.
Low allegedly also gave a $3.2 million Picasso painting to actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who played the lead in “The Wolf of Wall Street,” a movie the U.S. says was financed Aziz using misappropriated 1MDB funds.
The case is U.S. v. “The Wolf of Wall Street,” 16-cv-05362, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles).