Scenes similar to the climax of a complex fraud movie are playing out in London – and putting an embarrassing spotlight on the law firm Clyde & Co, now facing queries about why it has continued to represent the company PetroSaudi years after it became apparent that all its funds were stolen from 1MDB?
Sarawak Report has highlighted the PetroSaudi fraud ever since publishing its first story on the heist in February 2015. Earlier this month, according to the Guardian newspaper, the US Department of Justice re-confirmed the matter by suing PetroSaudi for the remaining $330 million (forced out of Venezuela thanks to a previous UK court judgement) – money awarded by the court in the first instance to their lawyers Clyde & Co, where it is now sitting in their escrow account.