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category: "BCCI Scandal"
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tags:
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- Person
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- BCCI
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- Banker
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summary: "Robert Mueller was the head of the Justice Department's criminal division."
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born: 1944-08-07
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died: 2026-03-21
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location: "New York City, New York, USA"
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Robert Mueller was the head of the [[Department of Justice]]'s criminal division.[^1]
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### Role in BCCI Scandal
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Mueller appeared on ABC's Nightline to refute *Time* magazine's charges regarding the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] scandal.[^2] He stated that the Justice Department had won a victory in the Tampa money-laundering case and disputed claims of insufficient investigation.[^3] He denied the existence of missing tapes from [[Jack Blum]]'s interviews with former BCCI bankers who discussed political payoffs and BCCI's secret ownership of [[First American Bank]].[^4]
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Mueller asserted that the Justice Department had provided information leading to the shutdown of BCCI's offices in [[Florida]].[^5] He maintained that all allegations or evidence provided to the Justice Department were being pursued.[^6]
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### Footnotes
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[^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. 10.
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[^2]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 150.
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[^3]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 150.
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[^4]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 150.
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[^5]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 150.
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[^6]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 152.
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