Swiss trial begins of banker alleged to have ignored 1MDB warnings
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ZURICH (Reuters) - A banker went on trial in Switzerland on Tuesday charged with failing to sound the alarm over millions of dollars linked to scandal-tainted Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.The former anti-money-laundering executive at private bank Coutts & Co Ltd denies any wrongdoing. Reuters is not naming the defendant due to Swiss laws on privacy in court proceedings.Swiss markets watchdog FINMA in 2017 ordered Coutts to pay 6.5 million Swiss francs for breaching money-laundering..