The US Department of Justice estimates $4.5 billion was misappropriated from Malaysia’s 1MDB between 2009 and 2014, including some of the funds that Goldman Sachs helped raise.
Malaysian prosecutors filed charges in December 2018 against the units, based in London, Hong Kong (China) and Singapore, for misleading investors by making untrue statements and omitting key facts in relation to the 1MDB bond issues.
A representative for Goldman Sachs pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on February 24.
The court set the trial for November, with hearings scheduled until April 2021, according to Bernama.
Goldman Sachs has consistently denied wrongdoing, saying that certain members of the former Malaysian government and 1MDB lied to it about how proceeds from the bond sales would be used.
Malaysia has said it was seeking up to $7.5 billion in reparations from Goldman Sachs over its dealings with 1MDB.
