Legal Opinion
Fbme Bank Ltd. v. Lew
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 27, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2015-1270PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
On July 29, 2015, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) promulgated a Final Rule under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 imposing a “special measure” against FBME Bank Ltd. (“FBME” or “the Bank”), a Tanzanian-chartered commercial bank that operates mainly in Cyprus. The measure — the fifth and most serious authorized by the statute — prohibits domestic financial institutions from maintaining correspondent bank accounts with FBME. The Final Rule, which is scheduled to take…
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