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How did whistleblower Xavier Justo help to expose Jho Low? What did he do to create suspicion around Low and his fraudulent dealings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billion Dollar Whale<\/em> by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope explores the story of Jho Low\u2019s fraudulent business dealings, including whistleblower Xavier Justo’s role in exposing Low\u2019s schemes. The authors explain how Justo’s actions created suspicion around Low and led to investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on to learn about the role Xavier Justo played in exposing Jho Low, according to Wright and Hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Story of Whistleblower Xavier Justo <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Billion Dollar Whale <\/em>by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope details the exploits of Jho Low, a Malaysian financier who allegedly stole billions of dollars from Malaysian sovereign funds. In the book, they explain how whistleblower Xavier Justo threatened to expose Low’s fraudulent business dealings after the money Low took from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) pushed the fund further into debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the book, Wright and Hope explain that Low had to pay out those who had worked with him on two of his other fraudulent deals\u2014the IPIC deal and the Mubadala deal. Sending such large sums of money to so many people scattered across the globe necessitated a complex network of shell companies and offshore accounts to avoid arousing suspicion. Low struggled to manage these payments and was often late or forgetful making them. Additionally, as the number of illicit transactions increased, Low became lazy, often doing little to hide the nature of the transfers. These practices began to arouse suspicion at the banks Low worked with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Low\u2019s struggle to repay his associates in some ways mirrors the collapse of Bernie Madoff\u2019s Ponzi scheme. During the 2008 recession, many of Madoff\u2019s investors tried to pull out of the scheme, but Madoff lacked the funds to repay them all<\/a>. Madoff became overwhelmed and confided in his sons, who reported his crimes. While Low would make no such confession, like Madoff he too became ensnared in his own complex financial web.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justo Threatens to Leak Emails<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to the authors, Low\u2019s negligence began to put the entire scheme at risk. In 2013 a disgruntled former PetroSaudi employee named Xavier Justo reached out to Low\u2019s associates. Justo threatened to leak thousands of emails detailing Low\u2019s illicit dealings to the press and legal authorities unless he was paid the two million dollars he felt he was owed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: While releasing the emails would have been a major threat to Low and company, in doing so Xavier Justo would likely have implicated himself in the scheme too. By threatening his former employers, Justo inadvertently created a situation resembling a prisoner\u2019s dilemma. The prisoner\u2019s dilemma is a famous thought experiment<\/a> that explains why individuals in a group may sometimes choose to betray each other instead of acting in their shared best interest<\/a>. Just as in the prisoner\u2019s dilemma, both Low and Justo chose to betray each other\u2014Justo by leaking information, and Low by refusing to pay Justo. Again, just as in the prisoner\u2019s dilemma, both groups paid a price for their refusal to cooperate.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright and Hope note that two million dollars would have mattered little to Low, and yet instead of paying Justo off, Low ignored his demands. Eventually, Justo began reaching out to journalists in an attempt to get them to pay him for the evidence he\u2019d collected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Within the field of journalism, writers debate whether it\u2019s ethical to pay sources like Xavier Justo for their stories. Many journalists believe it\u2019s unethical to pay sources<\/a>, as doing so creates a conflict of interest in which the source has a financial incentive<\/a> to exaggerate their story to make it more attractive to publications. However, some journalists argue that when breaking a particular story helps expose corruption and wrongdoing, it can be worth paying sources in order to publicize critical information.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as he could have easily paid Xavier Justo off, Low had plenty of money that he could have used to cover 1MDB\u2019s debts and pay off his accomplices. However, distracted by his luxurious lifestyle, Low allowed these problems to fester while continuing to spend wildly at casinos and auctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: While caught up in extraordinary financial circumstances, Low succumbed to an ordinary problem: procrastination. According to experts, procrastination is a vicious cycle<\/a>\u2014by seeking to avoid an uncomfortable situation or task, you put it off, which only causes the problem to escalate, making it more difficult and uncomfortable to deal with later. Unfortunately for Low, he was unable to break this cycle before his problems came to a rapid boil.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Low and His Associates Began to Attract the Attention of Journalists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Low\u2019s friendships with the rich and famous, as well as his extravagant parties, brought him an increasing amount of attention from journalists and paparazzi. According to Wright and Hope, as Low\u2019s lifestyle brought him into the spotlight, he attempted to shift the public narrative around his wealth. Just as he had done with his boarding school friends, Low tried to convince the media that his family was much wealthier than they really were. While Low had previously attempted to brand himself as a dealmaker in order to build a network, now that he was established, his goal was to disguise the source of his wealth. Attributing his money to inheritance served that purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Low\u2019s attempt to change the media narrative around his wealth was an ultimately unsuccessful public relations strategy. Instead of changing the story, public relations experts advise that during a crisis, it can be helpful to engage with criticism and focus on positive news stories<\/a>. According to these principles, Low\u2019s denial may have only made his situation worse, as it did little to calm the negative buzz around him.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Wright and Hope note, in spite of Low\u2019s best efforts, journalists began to investigate both Low\u2019s debauchery and 1MDB\u2019s dealings, with some stories beginning to link the two, albeit without strong evidence. Notably, The<\/em> New York Times <\/em>published a front-page story on Low, linking him to Najib. None of the media coverage of Low was able to conclusively implicate him in any wrongdoing until Xavier Justo, the disgruntled former PetroSaudi employee, contacted blogger and journalist Clare Rewcastle-Brown. Using Justo\u2019s evidence, Rewcastle-Brown published a story in 2015 detailing 1MDB\u2019s fraudulent deals. As Wright and Hope describe, the story exposed the scandal and kicked off a wave of international investigations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Just as Xavier Justo worked with Rewcastle-Brown to publicize Low\u2019s misdeeds, whistleblowers often work with journalists to expose scandal and wrongdoing. These whistleblowers reach out to journalists to help them share information when it isn\u2019t safe for them to do so themselves. In a particularly famous example, Edward Snowden provided journalists with documents that contained details of the US government\u2019s surveillance of its own citizens<\/a>. While Snowden later chose to reveal his identity, he originally leaked the documents anonymously in an attempt to avoid arrest.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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