PowerhouseinvestmentbankGoldmanSachsonThursdayagreedtopaynearly $3 billiontosettle a probeintoitsroleinMalaysia's oneMDBcorruptionscandal, ending a longrunningsagathathasdoggedthebankforyears.
ThesechargesstemfromGoldmanSachsiscentralrolein a massiveglobalschemetoelootbillionsofdollarsfromthegovernmentrunMalaysianInvestmentFund, knownasoneMDB, andthesubsequentuseofthosefundbyseniorGoldmanbankersandtheircoconspiratorstopaybillionsofdollarsinbribestwoseniorgovernmentofficialsaroundtheworld.
GoldmanCEODavidSolomon, in a staffmemoThursday, saidQuote, Werecognizethatwedidnotadequatelyaddressredflagsandscrutinizetherepresentationofcertainmembersofthedeal.