Wisseh v. Bank of Credit & Commerce International

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Bartehqua N. Wisseh, a citizen of Liberia, moved to the United States in 1980, settling first in Salisbury, N. C., and subsequently moving to Atlanta. Late in 1982 he began receiving from the Monrovia, Liberia, branch of appellee Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) telexes and checks representing sizable sums of money. There were ten remittances in all, totaling $370,700. Wisseh deposited each remittance in Salisbury banks and later transferred some of the monies to his bank account in Atlanta. BCCI had no record of an account in Wisseh’s name.

Upon…