Ex-1MDB CFO says didn’t know millions given to fake Aabar, as same address shared with real Aabar


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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — The former chief financial officer of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) today told the court that he was previously unaware that the government-owned company was actually dealing with and giving money to was a company that was sharing a similar name and same address as the actual Abu Dhabi firm Aabar Investments PJS. Azmi Tahir was testifying as the 12th prosecution witness in Najib’s trial involving over US$2 billion of funds allegedly misappropriated from 1MDB. Azmi told the court about a series of convoluted arrangements and transactions that saw hundreds of millions of US dollars from...