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tags: ["Organization", "Bank", "BCCI"]
category: "Private Organization"
summary: "First American Bank was a bank based in Washington, D.C., which became secretly owned and controlled by the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.[^1]"
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First American Bank was a bank based in [[Washington, D.C.]], which became secretly owned and controlled by the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]].[^1]
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The [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] issued a report in 1986 stating that BCCI had owned First American Bank since 1982.[^1] The [[Federal Reserve Board]] later fined BCCI $200 million for illegally acquiring control of First American Bank, along with [[National Bank of Georgia]] and [[CenTrust Savings Bank]].[^1]
In July 1992, Clifford and Altman were indicted by a [[New York]] grand jury on charges of bribery and fraud related to their involvement with BCCI and First American Bank.[^1]
In July 1992, Clifford and Altman were indicted by a [[New York City]] grand jury on charges of bribery and fraud related to their involvement with BCCI and First American Bank.[^1]
## Footnotes
### Footnotes
[^1]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 8-14.
[^2]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, pp. 192-194.