Legal Opinion
Cierco v. Lew
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 18, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2015-1641PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs Ramon and Higini Cierco, along with two associated corporations, are the majority shareholders of a privately held Andorran Bank, Banca Privada d’Andorra S.A. (BPA), which has recently found itself in a bit of a pickle. An arm of the U.S. Treasury Department, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Fin-CEN), developed concerns that BPA was facilitating — or was willfully blind to — various money-laundering transactions happening under its roof. Relying on authority provided by the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act,…
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