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- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International abstract "The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was a major international bank founded in 1972 by Agha Hasan Abedi, a Pakistani financier. The Bank was registered in Luxembourg with head offices in Karachi and London. Within a decade BCCI touched its peak. It operated in 78 countries, had over 400 branches, and had assets in excess of US$20 billion, making it the 7th largest private bank in the world by assets.BCCI came under the scrutiny of numerous financial regulators and intelligence agencies in the 1980s due to concerns that it was poorly regulated. Subsequent investigations revealed that it was involved in massive money laundering and other financial crimes, and illegally gained controlling interest in a major American bank. BCCI became the focus of a massive regulatory battle in 1991 and on 5 July of that year customs and bank regulators in seven countries raided and locked down records of its branch offices.Investigators in the US and the UK revealed that BCCI had been "set up deliberately to avoid centralized regulatory review, and operated extensively in bank secrecy jurisdictions. Its affairs were extraordinarily complex. Its officers were sophisticated international bankers whose apparent objective was to keep their affairs secret, to commit fraud on a massive scale, and to avoid detection."[citation needed]The liquidators, Deloitte & Touche, filed a lawsuit against Price Waterhouse and Ernst & Young – the bank's auditors – which was settled for $175 million in 1998. A further lawsuit against UAE President Zayed II, a major shareholder, was launched in 1999 for approximately $400 million. BCCI creditors also instituted a $1 billion suit against the Bank of England as a regulatory body. After a nine-year struggle, due to the Bank's statutory immunity, the case went to trial in January 2004. However, in November 2005, Deloitte persuaded creditor Abu Dhabi to drop its claims against the Bank of England, except for a claim for return of its deposits, in that Abu Dhabi owned 77% of the bank shares at closing, and was therefore also facing a major lawsuit. To date liquidators have recovered about 75% of the creditors' lost money. A decade after its liquidation, its activities were still not completely understood.".
- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International extinctionYear "1991".
- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International fate "Liquidation / Forced closure".
- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International industry Bank.
- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International keyPerson Agha_Hasan_Abedi.
- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International location London.
- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International location Luxembourg.
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- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International wikiPageExternalLink www.bcci.info.
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- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International defunct "1991".
- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International fate "Liquidation / Forced closure".
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- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International headOffice "Karachi, Pakistan".
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- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International keyPeople Agha_Hasan_Abedi.
- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International location "London".
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- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International numEmployees "approx. 30,000".
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- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International subject Category:Defunct_banks_of_Pakistan.
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- Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International comment "The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was a major international bank founded in 1972 by Agha Hasan Abedi, a Pakistani financier. The Bank was registered in Luxembourg with head offices in Karachi and London. Within a decade BCCI touched its peak.".
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