Ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng gets delay in starting his prison term
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Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng had been set to begin his prison term on May 4, but it has been pushed back to Aug 7.
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NEW YORK – Former Goldman Sachs Group banker Roger Ng has won a postponement of the start of his 10-year prison term
US District Judge Margo Brodie, who sentenced Ng in March for his role in the global 1Malaysia Development Berhad fraud, granted his request on Monday for a delay without explanation.
Ng had been set to begin his prison term on Thursday.
Defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo last Friday asked for the delay so Ng could spend more time with his wife and 10-year-old daughter, who had travelled to New York from Malaysia.
The government had opposed the delay.
Mr Agnifilo said Ng, a Malaysian national, has not seen his daughter for more than four years – since he was arrested in his home country in 2018.
Ng agreed to be extradited to the United States to face trial in New York in early 2019, but he faces prosecution in Malaysia once he is released, Mr Agnifilo has said. BLOOMBERG
