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category: "BCCI Scandal"
created: 2024-04-25
updated: 2026-05-01
updated: 2026-09-22
tags:
- Person
- BCCI
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### Involvement in BCCI Scandal
Altman and Clifford orchestrated the $20-million defense of BCCI in Tampa against money-laundering charges.[^6] When Senator [[John Kerry]]'s subcommittee began investigating BCCI, Altman was alleged to have advised [[Amjad Awan]], a BCCI banker, to flee the country.[^7] He and Clifford were accused of lying to U.S. banking regulators about BCCI's secret ownership of First American.[^8]
Altman and Clifford orchestrated the $20-million defense of BCCI in Tampa against money-laundering charges.[^6] When Senator [[John Kerry]]'s subcommittee began investigating BCCI, the journalists Jonathan Beaty and S. C. Gwynne wrote, Altman advised [[Amjad Awan]], a BCCI banker, to flee the country.[^7] He and Clifford were accused of lying to U.S. banking regulators about BCCI's secret ownership of First American.[^8]
In February 1988, Altman and Clifford sold a large portion of their stock in First American to a BCCI front man, making significant profits.[^9] This sale occurred around the time of [[Jose Blandon]]'s testimony linking BCCI to [[Manuel Noriega]]'s drug money and Abedi's heart attack, which ended his direct control of the bank.[^10]