This is more common then you think, there are several billionaires around the World that have broken the law and wanted by their governments or sometimes multiple governments, that have escaped to a country without extradition eg Kim Dotcom (wanted by US), Uzans ( they are wanted by Turkey & US for swindling Motorola out of $4B, it's believed they're in Jordan) etc..
I did know about Dotkom and the Uzans, but I had no idea about Low. Justice is slow to reach people that powerful.
Ivanhoe Pictures, Michelle Yeoh To Turn Malaysian Finance Scandal Into Movie With ‘Billion Dollar Whale’ Deal https://deadline.com/2018/11/malays...yeoh-jho-low-billion-dollar-whale-1202497747/
U.S. Charges Malaysian Fugitive Financier Over 1MDB Money Laundering Scheme http://time.com/5442757/malaysia-1mdb-jho-low-charged/
It is not only the US who is involved in this. Other countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore and Switzerland are also taking action. Singapore has already put some bankers in prison and revoked some banking licenses. Why is the US involved? Because a large portion of the embezzled money traveled through US banks and accounts located in the USA. Making US banks complicit to money laundering. Especially Goldman Sachs is now in hot water. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...hat-continue-to-haunt-goldman-sachs-quicktake
Goldman Probe Then-CEO Lloyd Blankfein has reportedly been identified as the unnamed Goldman Sachs executive who, per U.S. court documents, attended a meeting in 2009 with Malaysia's prime minister that set things up for a profitable relationship between the bank and the country's sovereign wealth fund. Goldman helped the 1MDB fund raise billions for investments, but over $2.5 billion was misappropriated. Bloomberg
GS is coming under more fire, from various directions: https://www.nasdaq.com/article/abu-...an-sachs-others-over-1mdb-case-20181121-00528 http://www.sarawakreport.org/2018/11/ipic-alleges-a-massive-global-conspiracy-by-goldman-sachs/