Tim Leissner was born on October 31,1971 and is a German-born investment banker and convicted felon.
11 Facts About Tim Leissner
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Tim Leissner was arrested in June 2018 in Washington, DC, forced to pay a $43 million fine.
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Tim Leissner was born in Germany as the son of a Volkswagen executive, and studied at the University of Siegen.
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From 1998 to 2016 Tim Leissner was employed by Goldman Sachs as investment banker.
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Tim Leissner became partner in 2006 and in 2014 chairman of the bank's Southeast Asia division.
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Tim Leissner retired in January 2016 after an internal review found he sent a fake letter to Banque Havilland on behalf of Jho Low.
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Tim Leissner was arrested in June 2018 in Washington, DC.
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Tim Leissner was banned for life by the Securities and Exchange Commission and forced to pay a $43 million fine.
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At the time Leissner married Simmons, he was still married to his ex-wife, Judy Chan.
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Tim Leissner gave Simmons photoshopped documents showing that he was divorced from Chan, and created an email address in Chan's name to convince Simmons that the couple had divorced.
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Tim Leissner continued the correspondence for over a year and continued using the email account for several years.