Swiss National Xavier Andre Justo appeals to Thai court for suspended sentence

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Swiss National Xavier Andre Justo Appeals to Thai Court for Suspended Sentence
By Achara Ashayagachat

BANGKOK – Xavier Andre Justo the Petro-Saudi blackmailer has asked Thailand’s Appeals Court to order the suspension of his three-year prison term handed down by the Criminal Court in August for the attempted extortion of his former employer, Petro-Saudi. Justo’s lawyer Worasit Piriyawiboon filed the appeal on Wednesday the Bangkok Post Reported.

The Bangkok South Criminal Court on Aug 17 sentenced Justo to three years in prison, without suspension, backdated to his arrest on June 22.

Justo, 49, is a former executive of Petro Saudi International (PSI). He was arrested on Koh Samui island on June 22 for threatening to disclose confidential information obtained from his former employer relating to an alleged corruption case at 1MDB, a state-affiliated firm chaired by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

He demanded Petro-Saudi pay him 2.5 million Swiss francs (about 90 million baht). Petro-Saudi rejected the demand in 2013.

Full story: http://www.chiangraitimes.com/swiss-national-xavier-andre-justo-appeals-to-thai-court-for-suspended-sentence.html

-- CHIANGRAI TIMES 2015-10-15

[Gringogazzer]

No 90 million & 3 years jail time.

Well that went well.

Suppose he'll move onto robbing taxis when he gets out.

[FangFerang]

Now he can write a book about it and make lots of money....what was the corruption he was using as blackmail fuel exactly...no one seems to be saying.

[Gringogazzer]

That would be confidential & probably a defamation charge.

But will come out in the book after he's deported.

Got just under 3 years to put your spare satangs aside for it.

I'll wait for the movie.

[laocowboy2]

Now he can write a book about it and make lots of money....what was the corruption he was using as blackmail fuel exactly...no one seems to be saying.

Go to the website of Sarawak Report - it has all the details. Reads like the plot of the sort of thriller you find in airport bookshops. Hundreds of millions (and possibly billions) missing from a Malaysian government fund - with US$700mn ending up in the PM's bank account. He is in jail to keep him from talking to the FBI, the Swiss police and the various other agencies investigating the scam.

[laocowboy2]

Now he can write a book about it and make lots of money....what was the corruption he was using as blackmail fuel exactly...no one seems to be saying.

Yes they are - and loudly. Look at Sarawak Report website and article in the Wall Street Journal.

[Maestro]

1MDB scandal: Swiss whistleblower banker Andre Xavier Justo's prison sentence reduced by Thai King

 

Justo will now only serve one year for attempting to blackmail his former employers, PetroSaudi.
By Rachel Middleton

August 10, 2016 01:15 BST

 

Andre Xavier Justo, the whistleblower banker who shed light on how funds were embezzled from Malaysian state fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad, had his jail sentence for attempted blackmail in Thailand slashed by one third, by the King of Thailand.

 

Justo, a Swiss national was sentenced to three years jail by a court in Thailand for attempting to blackmail his former employer, PetroSaudi International. He has served one year of his sentence, which runs from 22 June 2015.

 

Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/1mdb-scandal-swiss-whistleblower-banker-andre-xavier-justos-prison-sentence-reduced-by-thai-king-1575190

 

-- International Business Times  2016-08-10