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Gerald Lewis was the Florida state comptroller who refused to renew Bank of Credit and Commerce International's license to operate in the state after the 1990 Tampa money-laundering conviction.1

Role in BCCI Regulation

Lewis's decision to shut down BCCI's operations in Florida was a direct response to the bank's money-laundering conviction. He received letters from Charles Saphos, Chief of the Criminal Division Narcotics section of the U.S. Department of Justice, requesting that BCCI be allowed to remain open.2 Lewis, however, maintained that the bank had to comply with all legal requirements, including those related to felony convictions.3

Lewis's actions ultimately led to the closure of BCCI's branches in Florida.4

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. 10. ↩︎

  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. 88. ↩︎

  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. 375. ↩︎

  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. 374. ↩︎