Legal Opinion
United States v. BCCI Holdings (Luxembourg), S.A.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 26, 1997No. Crim. Action 91-0655 (JHG)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.
Presently before the Court is the United States’ motion to dismiss the Fifth Round Petitions of Khawaja Qadeer Ahmed (“Ahmed”) and Commercial Bank of Kuwait (“CBK”), which were filed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1963(() (“L-Claim”). For the reasons stated below, the motions to dismiss will be denied.
Background
The facts surrounding BCCI’s collapse are well known in the financial and legal communities, but certain facts bear repeating to set the stage for resolving the instant motions to dismiss these L-Claims. 1 In early 1991, the Bank of…
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