ABN Amro Bank N.V. v. United States

OPINION ANDEWELT, Judge.

I

In this action, plaintiff, ABN Amro Bank, N.V., seeks to recover $1,653,753 from the United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury) for damages plaintiff suffered as a result of Treasury’s alleged unauthorized reversal of a credit Treasury previously granted on a check presented to Treasury for payment. In the spring of 1990, an individual who purported to be a representative of Red Apple Supermarkets, Inc. (Red Apple), deposited a check for $1,653,753, made payable to Red Apple, in an account opened in Red Apple’s name at plaintiff’s Curacao branch. The check…