A Malaysian judge, in written grounds related to former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s conviction over the 1MDB scandal, says the scale of the theft from the sovereign wealth fund is so large that it makes Attila the Hun “look like a choirboy.” Bloomberg and the South China Morning Post both report the remark attributed to Collin Lawrence Sequerah, who is described as comparing the financial magnitude of the 1MDB plunder to the historical conquests of Attila. According to the coverage, Sequerah states the “scale of the plunder” in 1MDB proceedings eclipses Attila’s exploits, emphasizing that the comparison is financial rather than historical or literal. One report adds that the judge’s written decision runs to hundreds of pages, described as 809 pages in the introduction to the grounds of judgment. The accounts focus on the judge’s characterization within the judgment and do not provide new, detailed figures on the amount stolen beyond the characterization of the theft as extraordinarily large. The stories present the comment as part of the rationale in the court’s written explanation supporting the conviction.