The Goldman Sachs Group and its Malaysian subsidiary on Thursday reached a $2.9 billion global settlement charging each with conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) related to three bond offerings the firm had structured and arranged for Malaysia’s state development fund 1MDB.

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