Bonacasa v. Standard Chartered PLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DIANA BONACASA, et al., Plaintiff, OPINION & ORDER – against – 22-cv-3320 (ER) STANDARD CHARTERED PLC and STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, Defendants. RAMOS, D.J.: Plaintiffs brought this action pursuant to the Anti-Terrorism Act (“ATA”), as amended by the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (“JASTA”), alleging that Standard Chartered PLC (“SC PLC”)—through its subsidiary, Standard Chartered Bank (“Standard Chartered”)—aided and abetted al-Qaeda by providing banking services to the Fatima Group (“Fatima”), a Pakistani fertilizer company…