KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 -- Fugitive Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, has supposedly been located in a luxury neighbourhood in Shanghai, China, where he is said to be living under a false identity and working with entities linked to the Chinese government.

Former Wall Street Journal reporters Bradley Hope and Tom Wright - who broke key details of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) corruption scandal and co-authored Billion Dollar Whale - claimed that Low is now residing in Green Hills, an exclusive enclave in Shanghai.

The duo made the claims during a live stream titled Finding Jho Low, hostedyesterday by their investigative platform, Project Brazen.

They alleged that Low is using the alias Constantinos Achi...