New York, March 10 — Convicted former prime minister Najib Razak, who’s been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the looting of state investment fund 1MDB has reportedly hired Karv Communications to provide strategic communications and media relations support as former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng, allegedly involved in the scheme, goes on trial in a federal court in New York, according to documents filed with the Justice Department on Monday and the firm.
According to reports by Politico, Karv Communications will serve as a subcontractor to Najib’s attorney, Tania Scivetti, for an initial period of two months “to help ensure Najib Razak’s actions and views are understood by U.S. journalists and presented accurately in any U.S. media coverage — including during the trial of Roger Ng currently underway in the Eastern District of New York,” a spokesperson for the firm told PI.
According to the DOJ filings, Karv will receive $140,000 for two months of work.
Ng’s trial, which kicked off last month, “will most likely be the only trial that will take place on U.S. soil over the looting of the Malaysian fund known as 1MDB,” the New York Times reported, with the alleged mastermind of the scheme, Jho Low, being on the run.
Jho Low was a key figure in charges against GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy, an ally of former US President Donald Trump, who was pardoned after pleading guilty to conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Broidy allegedly worked with two others to conceal efforts to soften the Trump administration’s stance on the 1MDB fraud, which included alleged efforts by Broidy to set up a round of golf between Trump and Razak.
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