In my proceeding examination of the Malaysian 1MBD detraction, new details has emerged that showcases an intricate web of intrigue, subterfuge and also corruption including the expected 'Whistleblower' Xavier Andre Justo and a Swiss prosecutor. Mr. Justo, a former top-level employee of PetroSaudi International SA, was jailed in Thailand for stealing a database from his former employer that damaged the detraction. A Swiss prosecutor that himself is presently under examination for political corruption with a 'Conflict of Rate of interest' connected to the case as well as a litany of other diverse actors extra proper of a Hollywood thriller than real life scenarios.
In my last article I reported on the 1MBD detraction's effect in Canada. In 2012, Malaysia's state-owned power firm Petronas acquired Canada's Development Power for a reported $5.5 billion. At the time it was just one of Malaysia's biggest international financial investments. Offered the fact that the 1MBD rumor broke just after Petronas's aggressive entry to Canada's oil as well as gas industry, I started looking into as well as reporting on the ramifications that corrupt international investors from creating nations, such as Malaysia, might have in Canadian personal market industries. I determined to concentrate originally on the primary person attributed with 'breaking' the tale of the IMBD scandal - Xavier Andre Justo.
Getting to the bottom of this complex affair has been challenging. Basically, the center management of the business involved in the 1MBD rumor, are generally, frightened to talk with journalists. Furthermore, the leading tier executives of these firms will additionally not take place the record. Last week, I lastly located a disgruntled former executive of PetroSaudi International along with two previous friends of Mr. Justo's who were all kind sufficient to provide me some sorely required background on the 'life and also times' of Xavier Justo.
The former Exec of PetroSaudi International talked to me on problem of privacy as well as additionally provided me with files, copies of sms message and various other material to sustain his claims that Xavier Justo, much from being a 'good deed doer', remains in reality he is a con-artist that takes pleasure in the good life and has a narcotics abuse condition that includes "heavy alcohol consumption as well as a lot of drug." I am currently validating the material offered to us concerning Mr. Justo and will be releasing more excerpts quickly. He likewise bitterly lambasted PetroSaudi International for enabling Mr. Justo to rise in the firm rates in spite of his well-known partying lifestyle. These allegations were likewise validated by the two former good friends of Mr. Justo, that were both jilted by him in personal fundings that were never repaid.
In February of this year, PetroSaudi International's CEO Tarek Essam Ahmad Obaid, firm Supervisor Patrick Andrew Marc Mahony, as well as Malaysian shady 'business owner' Low Taek Jho were all arraigned in Malaysia by the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Compensation) over the 1MBD rumor. At the time, MACC happily revealed this in a press release and that all three charged had been placed on Interpol's 'Red Watch List'. After an extensive week of examining the claims as well as counterclaims between Mr. Justo and also PetroSaudi International, my research group as well as I have concluded that Mr. Justo is an extreme opportunist with a prior criminal background who utilized his key position at PetroSaudi International and his close relationship with Chief Executive Officer Tarek Obaid, to his very own benefit and that the 'traditional media was deceived by his attempt to make himself resemble an innocent 'whistleblower'.
Along with this, after examining Interpol's on the internet 'Red Alert 'database it has been validated that neither Mr. Obaid nor Mr. Mahony have been put on Interpol's 'Red Watch Listing" which they are not 'desired fugitives' as suggested by several media electrical outlets.
My investigation of Mr. Justo and also from our sources kept in mind above, validated that he has no formal college education and learning and that throughout the mid-2000's, he had ownership passions in some unethical clubs in Geneva. In 2006 Mr. Justo was apprehended by Swiss Federal Police for opening up and taking care of an account of a popular Spanish contraband criminal gang. The account was iced up for criminal origin of funds and also cash laundering by the Geneva Financial Criminal Activity Police.
Mr. Justo was held for over 18 hours and also was only released after he, according to previous buddies, offered testament against the members of the criminal gang he was working for. Surprisingly, he was released without charges.
PetroSaudi International's CEO Tarek Obaid, is a double citizen of Switzerland and Saudi Arabia as well as finished from Georgetown University's prestigious College of Foreign Service. Before the 1MBD scandal Mr. Obaid had never ever been charged with a criminal offense in any country. According to the former PetroSaudi International Exec and former buddies of Mr. Justo that I consulted with, Mr. Obaid satisfied Mr. Justo on a basketball court when he was a 15-year-old that just immigrated to Switzerland. They struck up a deep friendship as Justo himself is a descendant of immigrant parents. Justo worked as a coach to Mr. Obaid, his peer in business and also life in Switzerland during both of their young people. Years later, Mr. Obaid gave Mr. Justo lower level tasks to help him maintain himself and his household because of Mr. Justo's unfavorable economic circumstances. In these jobs Mr. Justo was utilized in different placements as a concierge, a vehicle valet and also taking care of little petty cash purchases for Mr. Obaid's workplace and also member of the family.
The mainstream media portraits of Mr. Justo being an 'International Lender' is false; while he did work in a number of banks as a low-level staff, he was never ever a 'lender' neither has he held any elderly position in any Swiss or various other EU financial institution. He also doesn't have the appropriate education and learning or training for that sort of job. From files that we are still assessing, it is clear he failed to open up a checking account in numerous nations to receive the settlement for the stolen information, which present his insurance claim to be an 'International lender' in a ridicules light.
Xavier Andre Justo personal life was, as we were told, extremely unsteady. Mr. Justo was wed to Daphné Smits for some years. According to good friends of Mr. Justo, while he worked as a staff at Banque Scandinave en Suisse (BSS) in Geneva, he had sex-related experiences with his Employer's spouse. A few months later on Mr. Justo allegedly had an additional affair with the spouse of his friend and also was caught in the act. Therefore, his better half Daphné divorced him and took all his cash. Then Justo started an enchanting partnership with Laura (his existing wife) that he met when she was an assistant at the firm where he was working at the moment.
In the meantime, Mr. Justo got greatly clinically depressed and was afraid of retaliation by the contraband criminal gang. Mr. Justo, and his after that sweetheart, Laura fled to Thailand as well as according to a previous friend, "swiped all the cash from his Mommy's bank account to pay for the trip"
After remaining in Thailand for Hanspeter Brunner of BSI ban a number of months, Mr. Justo spoke to Mr. Obaid and also told him he was experiencing an absence of revenue as well as was "desperate" to support his household.
In mid-2010, Mr. Obaid made a decision to offer Mr. Justo an additional chance and offered him a brand-new task with PetroSaudi International in London on the problem that Mr. Justo commit to stop his habitual drug routine and also alcohol abuse. Mr. Justo readily agreed. With a large salary bundle of 400,000 British Extra pounds per year that consisted of a fully paid plush apartment in Mayfair, Mr. Justo's life took a turn right as well as his job was back on the right track.
Mr. Obaid, who highly relied on Mr. Justo his childhood good friend, was concentrated on expanding his worldwide operations as well as required a person in London he can depend sign company documents on his behalf, conduct regular office financial and various other ordinary management functions when Mr. Obaid was not around.
More investigations of Mr. Justo's and Mr. Obaid's relationship reveal the amazing trust that the former put into the last.
From the many papers we are currently validating, one of them is a genuine copy of Mr. Justo's employment contract with PetroSaudi International (listed below).
Among the previous friends of Mr. Justo's that I spoke with specified that he couldn't think that Xavier had actually been offered such a high level salary and also rely on that business (PetroSaudi International) ... I bear in mind one-time we were hanging out at Zumas in Knights Bridge as well as he paid for our meal and all the bevi's on a company credit card ... the costs was shocking ...".
The previous PetroSaudi International Exec we spoke to verified that within the business Mr. Justo was understood to frequent pricey London haunts in Knightsbridge and also Covent Yard two of London's many exclusive locations. (Zuma is a costly Japanese dining establishment). The previous Exec additionally added that he suggested Mr. Obaid several times concerning Mr. Justo's social behavior and ballooning expense accounts however that he (Mr. Obaid) "would not come across it ... Tarek trusted this man considering that he was a child but never ever really knew him ... Mr.
Obaid was immature, as well as had negative judgment when it came to childhood good friends, it triggered a lot of tension in the office ... it was so damn stupid ... I could not take it any longer.".
Mr. Justo got a 3-year prison sentence in Thailand in 2015 after being founded guilty of extortion, blackmailing as well as burglary of PetroSaudi International's data source. A criminal activity he conveniently admitted to.
According to court testament and proof offered by various witnesses, Mr. Justo's work performance seriously tatty in late 2010 with numerous lacks and alcoholic binges that consisted of inappropriate behavior in the office. Then at first of April 2011 he missed out on a trip from London to New york city city where he was due to fulfill a significant customer along with the investors of PetroSaudi International.
Witnesses later confirmed that Mr. Justo was high up on drug as well as very intoxicated the night before the trip. When he stopped working to appear to the conference in New York, he was swiftly dismissed from his setting.
It was later verified with a forensic examination that Mr. Justo took PetroSaudi International's database and made the last download of the 90Gb data 24h after he was discharged over the phone. This is the day that the 1MBD scandal started.
Xavier Andre Justo's criminal actions and indulgent drug habit sparked the world's most significant financial scandal, brought down the Malaysian government, initiated criminal procedures in Switzerland, Singapore, the EU and the United States and also cost the Malaysian individuals billions of bucks.
It is time the full truth emerges on this story.
With this assumed in mind, I will be posting more short articles over the coming days and weeks about the 1MBD scandal as well as publishing 'never-seen-before' files that will certainly give my readers a clear understanding on exactly how a lower degree employee, who had a regular drug and alcohol abuse problem, had the ability to spark one of the largest http://edition.cnn.com/search/?text=Xavier Justo economic detractions in modern-day background.