The 1MDB scandal – Clare Rewcastle Brown and the world’s biggest financial heist, Part Two

The 1MDB scandal – Clare Rewcastle Brown and the world’s biggest financial heist, Part Two

Published: September 21, 2026

Duration: 57:03

In this second of two special episodes of True Criminals, journalists Helen Fospero and Martin Brunt are joined once again by investigative journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown, whose reporting helped expose Malaysia’s extraordinary 1MDB scandal and the disappearance of billions of dollars from a state investment fund.

With former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak behind bars, the investigation turns to the mysterious financier Jho Low, the fugitive businessman at the centre of the scandal, whose extravagant spending brought him into the orbit of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

Rewcastle Brown reveals how money stolen from 1MDB hel...