n.d.p. corruption scandal one m.t.b. is the country's sovereign wealth fund it's a fund meant to benefit the economy and the country's citizens and is accused of stealing billions of u.s. dollars from that fund he faces multiple charges which he denies he's in court today for the theft of just one chunk of ten million dollars now james was malaysia's prime minister for a decade until losing last year's election he comes from a powerful political dynasty his father and grandfather both led to the country and now he might spend the rest of his life in prison. here's a bit more on one end or the one malaysia development bear hide it's now at the center of international investigations by a bunch of countries from singapore to switzerland to the united states investigators say more than four point five billion u.s. dollars were stolen from one end between two thousand and nine and two thousand and fourteen they say the money was used to finance hollywood films including leonardo dicaprio as the wolf of wall street no irony th