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BCCI Scandal

Central figures in the BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International) banking scandal.

Name Description
A. R. (Abdul Raouf) Khalil Khalil was one of the nominees used by Abedi to secretly purchase shares in CCAH, the holding company that owned First American Bank.
Abbas Gokal Chairman of the Gulf Group shipping empire, BCCI's largest debtor, convicted at the Old Bailey in 1997 and sentenced to fourteen years.
Abdur Sakhia BCCI's senior officer in the United States, who testified in 1991 on BCCI's control of First American and its courting of drug money.
Abdus Sami Senior BCCI officer whose January 1978 memo to Abedi set out the nominee scheme for Financial General Bankshares.
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Abu Dhabi's sovereign investment institution, a BCCI shareholder from 1980.
Agha Hasan Abedi Agha Hasan Abedi was a Pakistani financier who founded the BCCI in 1972, with the intention of creating the Third World's first multinational bank.
Amjad Awan Amjad Awan was a manager of BCCI Panama and later the bank's marketing manager for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Arif Durrani Arif Durrani was a Pakistani arms dealer convicted of illegally providing HAWK antiaircraft missile parts to Iran.
Asaf Ali Asaf Ali is a Pakistani multimillionaire and arms dealer, closely associated with Agha Hasan Abedi and the BCCI.
BCCI Kerry-Brown Senate Report The December 1992 Senate report "The BCCI Affair."
Bert Lance Lance gained prominence as Jimmy Carter's budget director but later resigned due to a congressional investigation into financial improprieties.
Bingham Report Lord Justice Bingham's 1992 inquiry into the Bank of England's supervision of BCCI.
Capcom BCCI's London and Chicago commodities affiliate, used for treasury losses and money laundering, including Noriega's.
Charles Saphos Charles Saphos was the Chief of the Criminal Division Narcotics section of the Justice Department.
Clark Clifford Clark Clifford was a prominent American attorney and government official who advised Democratic presidents since Truman.
Credit and Commerce American Holdings Netherlands Antilles holding company through which BCCI's nominees held First American.
David L. Paul Paul put CenTrust on a significant growth curve using brokered deposits, which he funneled into high-risk real estate loans, junk bonds, and offbeat investments.
Donald Regan Donald Regan served as the Treasury Secretary during the Reagan Administration.
Douglas Mulholland Douglas Mulholland was the intelligence liaison at the Treasury Department.
Eddie George Eddie George was the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.
Eugene Holley Eugene Holley was a former Georgia state senator who introduced Bert Lance to Agha Hasan Abedi.
Faisal Saud al-Fulaij Kuwaiti BCCI nominee shareholder in the First American takeover, indicted in New York in 1992.
Gerald Lewis Gerald Lewis was the Florida state comptroller who refused to renew BCCI's license to operate in the state after the 1990 Tampa money-laundering conviction.
Ghaith R. Pharaon Pharaon launched himself into the construction business in Saudi Arabia in 1965, founding Saudi Arabian Research and Development Corporation (REDEC).
Ghanim Faris al-Mazrui Ghanim Faris al-Mazrui was the Head of Sheikh Zayed's Private Department and a BCCI board member.
Ghassan Qassem Manager of BCCI's Sloane Street branch who reported on Abu Nidal's accounts to British and American intelligence.
Gokal brothers The Gokal brothers, Abbas Gokal, Murtaza Gokal, and Mustafa Gokal, were Pakistani businessmen who ran the Gulf Group, a London-based shipping company.
Gulf Group The Gokal brothers' shipping group, BCCI's largest borrower.
Hank Brown Senator from Colorado, ranking member of the Kerry subcommittee and co-author of its BCCI report.
Henry B. Gonzalez Chairman of the House Banking Committee, which held BCCI hearings in 1991.
ICIC BCCI's Cayman "bank within a bank," code-named "Fork" in the Sandstorm Report.
Jack Blum Former Senate investigator and chief counsel to Senator John Kerry's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Operations, widely recognized for exposing the BCCI scandal and investigating Contra-connected drug trafficking.
James Callaghan James Callaghan, also known as Lord Callaghan, was a former British prime minister who served as a paid economic adviser to the BCCI.
James Dougherty James Dougherty was a Florida lawyer for Lloyd's of London who investigated Munther Ismael Bilheisi and the BCCI.
John Kerry Senator from Massachusetts who chaired the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Operations, investigating both BCCI and links between the Contras and cocaine trafficking with findings that were systematically suppressed.
Joseph E. Vaez In February 1978, Vaez submitted a report on the BCCI that characterized it as a bank dangerously out of control.
Kamal Adham Kamal Adham was the former head of Saudi Arabian intelligence and brother-in-law of the late King Faisal.
Kerry Committee The Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee under John Kerry that investigated BCCI from 1988 to 1992.
Khalfan al-Mazrui Khalfan al-Mazrui was the Head of the Karachi office of Sheikh Zayed's Private Department.
Masihur Rahman Masihur Rahman was the former chief financial officer of BCCI.
Mohammed Hammoud Lebanese BCCI front man who bought Clifford and Altman's First American stock and was reported dead in 1990.
Munther Ismael Bilheisi Munther Ismael Bilheisi was an expatriate Jordanian involved in coffee smuggling, arms dealing, customs violations, money laundering, and paying bribes and kickbacks.
Nazir Chinoy BCCI's general manager in Paris, a Tampa defendant, who described Khashoggi's Iran arms financing.
Operation C-Chase United States Customs sting of 1986-88 that led to BCCI's 1990 money laundering conviction in Tampa.
Price Waterhouse BCCI's auditors, authors of the 1991 Sandstorm Report.
Richard Brenneke October Surprise source who provided BCCI and Iran-Contra documents to Danny Casolaro through Bob Bickel.
Richard J. Kerr Acting Director of Central Intelligence who testified before Senator John Kerry's subcommittee on October 25, 1991, that CIA use of BCCI was "limited and routine."
Robert Altman Robert Altman was a prominent American lawyer and banker, known for his close association with Clark Clifford and his involvement in the BCCI scandal.
Robert Mazur Customs agent who, as "Robert Musella," was the undercover operative of Operation C-Chase.
Robert Morgenthau Robert Morgenthau was the Manhattan district attorney known for his integrity and persistence in exposing government and business corruption.
Robert Mueller Robert Mueller was the head of the Justice Department's criminal division.
Robin Leigh-Pemberton Robin Leigh-Pemberton served as the Governor of the Bank of England.
Roy P. M. Carlson Carlson was a key figure in the early relationship between Bank of America and BCCI.
Sami Masri Sami Masri was a BCCI operative.
Sandstorm Report Price Waterhouse's June 1991 Section 41 report that preceded BCCI's closure.
Sani Ahmed Sani Ahmed was a key figure in the BCCI, serving as the head of its protocol department in Pakistan before moving to Washington, D.C.
Serious Fraud Office British prosecutor of BCCI's treasury chief Akbar (1993) and debtor Abbas Gokal (1997).
Swaleh Naqvi Swaleh Naqvi was the chief operating officer of BCCI, taking over after Agha Hasan Abedi's 1988 heart attack.
Syed Ziauddin Ali Akbar Head of BCCI's treasury and creator of Capcom, whose 1993 guilty plea was the first conviction arising from the collapse.
Three Rivers District Council v Bank of England Twelve-year suit by BCCI's liquidators against the Bank of England, abandoned in 2005.
William Ryback William Ryback was the Deputy Director of Banking Supervision at the Federal Reserve.
William von Raab United States Commissioner of Customs, told by his officials in 1988 that BCCI officers were indictable under RICO.
Zafar Iqbal Zafar Iqbal took over as head of BCCI in late 1990, after the firing of Agha Hasan Abedi and Swaleh Naqvi.
Zayed bin Sultan AL-Nahayan Zayed bin Sultan AL-Nahayan was the Head of Abu Dhabi's ruling family and president of the United Arab Emirates.