
Singapore convicted a third private banker on Wednesday in connection with the international money-laundering scandal involving state fund 1MDB in neighbouring Malaysia.
Yeo Jiawei, a Singaporean former wealth manager with Swiss bank BSI, was convicted after a 12-day trial of witness-tampering and obstructing the city-state's 1MDB-linked investigations. He will be sentenced on Thursday.
"I find the accused to be inconsistent and an unreliable witness," said Judge Ng Peng Hong in delivering his verdict.
Yeo, 33, is also charged with money-laundering, cheating and forgery but will be tried next year on those counts.
Allegations that huge sums were misappropriated from the Malaysian state fund through money-laundering have triggered a massive corruption scandal which has embroiled Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.