Malaysia 1MDB scandal: ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng’s wife denies US$35 million in her mum’s account was stolen from fund

The wife of former Goldman Sachs Inc banker Roger Ng denied that US$35 million held in an account in her mother’s name was stolen from 1MDB, claiming instead that the money was the return on a legitimate investment.Prosecutors claim the money was a kickback that Ng, the only Goldman banker to go on trial over 1MDB, received for allegedly conspiring with his former boss Tim Leissner and Malaysian financier Jho Low to loot billions of dollars from the sovereign wealth fund. But Ng’s wife, Hwee…