BCCI Criminal Investigations Launched in U.S., Britain
The United States and Britain began separate investigations last week into Bank of Credit and Commerce International, the $20 billion-asset Luxembourg-based bank seized by regulators worldwide on July 5 because of losses attributed to fraud.
Jay B. Stephens, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said Friday his office had begun an investigation into possible criminal violations at BCCI and three U.S. banks it owns: First American Corp., National Bank of Georgia, and Independence Bank of Encino.
A spokesman said that the investigation had been launched after the Federal Reserve Board referred its own …