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category: "BCCI Scandal"
tags:
- Person
- Arms Dealer
- Smuggler
- BCCI
- Banking
- Criminal
- Jordan
- USA
- CIA
summary: "Munther Ismael Bilheisi was an expatriate Jordanian involved in coffee smuggling, arms dealing, customs violations, money laundering, and paying bribes and kickbacks."
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Munther Ismael Bilheisi was an expatriate [[Jordan|Jordanian]] involved in coffee smuggling, arms dealing, customs violations, money laundering, and paying bribes and kickbacks.[^1] He maintained lavishly appointed residences in England, Spain, Jordan, and the United States.[^2] Bilheisi's activities were closely tied to the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]], which facilitated his illicit operations.
### Business Operations
Bilheisi ran a formidable smuggling operation out of Boca Raton from 1982 to 1986, with BCCI acting as a full partner in the fraud. The bank financed his purchases and helped falsify documents to deceive [[U.S. Customs Service]] officials.[^3] His business was so valuable to BCCI that the bank opened a Boca Raton branch in 1983 specifically to service his account.[^4] BCCI provided $105 million in financing and letters of credit to support his operations.[^5]
Bilheisi ran a formidable smuggling operation out of Boca Raton from 1982 to 1986, with BCCI acting as a full partner in the fraud. The bank financed his purchases and helped falsify documents to deceive [[U.S. Customs]] officials.[^3] His business was so valuable to BCCI that the bank opened a Boca Raton branch in 1983 specifically to service his account.[^4] BCCI provided $105 million in financing and letters of credit to support his operations.[^5]
He was involved in coffee smuggling, buying non-agreement coffee at cheap prices and selling it illegally to agreement countries like the United States, thereby pocketing a huge profit.[^6] BCCI provided services such as financing shipments and doctoring shipping documents for these operations.[^7]