Malaysia filed criminal charges on Friday against a top executive at Goldman Sachs, a former executive who now works for Alibaba of China and others as it intensifies pressure on the Wall Street bank in a scandal involving the misuse of billions of dollars in government funds.

The charges escalate the legal challenges for Goldman, which has come under scrutiny for its role in a multibillion-dollar international fraud scandal that led to the ouster of Najib Razak as Malaysia’s prime minister.

Two of Goldman’s former bankers face charges in the United States of bribery and money laundering related to its Malaysia business. Malaysia filed criminal charges against Goldman in December. Its finance minister has said the government would seek $7.5 billion in compensation from the bank.

On Friday, Malaysia’s attorney general charged Richard John Gnodde, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs International, and John Michael Evans, who left the bank in 2013 and later became president of Alibaba Group, under a law that holds senior executives responsible for any offenses that may have been committed during their tenure.