Ex-Goldman Banker Ng Gets Last-Minute 1MDB Prison Reprieve (1)

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Roger Ng was granted a last-minute postponement of his 10-year prison sentence for his role in the looting of Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.

Ng, who was scheduled to begin serving his sentence Aug. 7, was on Friday allowed to delay his surrender for 30 days to allow for talks between the US and Malaysian governments about his possible return to the Southeast Asian nation to assist in its 1MDB probe.

Roger Ng

Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

If he is allowed to return to Malaysia, Ng will be free for even longer, a fact which prosecutors opposed to ...