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| | The bank was called First American Bankshares and became the largest in [[Washington DC]]. Robert Morgenthau, the district attorney in [[New York City]], disclosed that his office had found evidence that the parent company of Clifford's bank was secretly controlled by BCCI. The district attorney convened a grand jury to determine whether Clifford and his partner, Robert A. Altman, had deliberately misled federal regulators when the two men assured them that BCCI would have no control.<ref>Summary of Charges, US Board of Governors of the [[Federal Reserve]], No. 91-043, July 29, 1992, pp. 1-11.</ref> | | The bank was called First American Bankshares and became the largest in [[Washington DC]]. Robert Morgenthau, the district attorney in [[New York City]], disclosed that his office had found evidence that the parent company of Clifford's bank was secretly controlled by BCCI. The district attorney convened a grand jury to determine whether Clifford and his partner, Robert A. Altman, had deliberately misled federal regulators when the two men assured them that BCCI would have no control.<ref>Summary of Charges, US Board of Governors of the [[Federal Reserve]], No. 91-043, July 29, 1992, pp. 1-11.</ref> |
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| | + | ===Stephens Inc and the Riadys'=== |
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| | Jackson Stephens, a billionaire banker in [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], and one of presidential candidate [[Bill Clinton]]'s main supporters, played a key role in setting up the illegal purchase of the American branch of the BCCI of two American banks. | | Jackson Stephens, a billionaire banker in [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], and one of presidential candidate [[Bill Clinton]]'s main supporters, played a key role in setting up the illegal purchase of the American branch of the BCCI of two American banks. |
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| | This union came about just as the Mena, Arkansas, drug-and-arms trade was creating a vast local demand for money-laundering services. At the Asian end, with Mochtar Riady, Stephens purchased Seng Heng Bank in Macao, the "Oriental Las Vegas", where gambling is the primary source of government revenue. Stephens' Systematics supplied software to the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, the cashier and treasury bank of the Macao government and the bank that issues the local [[currency]]. Macao is located less than 40 miles from [[Hong Kong]], the center for [[heroin]] trade. | | This union came about just as the Mena, Arkansas, drug-and-arms trade was creating a vast local demand for money-laundering services. At the Asian end, with Mochtar Riady, Stephens purchased Seng Heng Bank in Macao, the "Oriental Las Vegas", where gambling is the primary source of government revenue. Stephens' Systematics supplied software to the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, the cashier and treasury bank of the Macao government and the bank that issues the local [[currency]]. Macao is located less than 40 miles from [[Hong Kong]], the center for [[heroin]] trade. |
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| | + | ===Systematic and Hillary Clinton=== |
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| | Hillary Clinton became the intellectual property lawyer for Systematics, and obtained access to important materials from Systematics clients, such as the operating system for a new national security computer at E-Systems of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. | | Hillary Clinton became the intellectual property lawyer for Systematics, and obtained access to important materials from Systematics clients, such as the operating system for a new national security computer at E-Systems of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. |