The financier has repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the past.

Low Taek Jho, the Malaysian financier at the epicentre of probes into alleged money laundering linked to a scandal-warped fund, has said attempts to tie him to recent guilty pleas are based on “unfounded assumptions”.

Low is the central figure in global investigations connected to 1Malaysia Development Berhad, the state-owned investment fund that is currently the subject of probes in at least six countries including the US, Singapore and Switzerland. Prosecutors this week alleged Low received “huge” sums from 1MDB,, and added that around $1 billion that the fund said was to invested in a joint venture with PetroSaudi International was diverted to a bank account beneficially owned by Low.

But sticking to his guns, Low has again denied any wrongdoing. 

“It has been clearly stated by the Malaysian authorities that there has been no evidence of any misappropriation of 1MDB funds,” Low’s representative said in an emailed statement, according to the Wall Street Journal. “No wrongdoing has been proved in any jurisdiction relating to the alleged misappropriation of 1MDB funds, and this development in Singapore does not change that.” 

Singaporean authorities' investigations have to date resulted in five convictions and four jail sentences, one of which was handed to a former BSI wealth manager earlier this week who reportedly had close relations with Low. 

The city-state is the only country so far to have criminally charged bankers over their affiliations with 1MDB. 

The probes are part of a broader global effort to trace how much of the $6 billion 1MDB raised for development projects was illicitly obtained and used to pay for assets such as luxury art, real estate, yachts and more.

Last month, US authorities moved to seize Picasso artwork from Leonardo DiCaprio allegedly given to him by Low; diamonds owned by model Miranda Kerr, one of Low's former flames; and a megayacht. 

The US government is also trying to seize the rights to movies Dumber and Dumber To, starring comedian Jim Carrey, and Daddy's Home.

The rights to both movies are held by Red Granite Pictures, a production company co-founded and chaired by Riza Aziz, a stepson of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak. 

Red Granite Pictures also produced Martin Scorsese's 2013 blockbuster Wolf of Wall Street, another movie the US alleges was funded using funds stolen from 1MDB. 

The raft of lawsuits filed against assets associated with 1MDB underline the gravity of the global scandal at the fund, which was launched by Najib to spur economic development in Malaysia. 

The fund borrowed more than $13 billion, and the DoJ alleges that billions of dollars were stolen by people close to the prime minister.

The US is now seeking to claim more than $1.6 billion of assets allegedly tied to 1MDB.