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Securities and Exchange Commission

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating the securities markets and protecting investors.[^1]

1934 · Washington, D.C.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating the securities markets and protecting investors.1

Involvement in BCCI Scandal

The SEC filed suit against BCCI, Agha Hasan Abedi, Bert Lance, and others in connection with the purchase of Financial General Bankshares stock.1 The nominees used by BCCI to secretly acquire Financial General Bankshares were summarily sued by the SEC for failing to declare that they were acting as a group.2

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  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. 12. ↩
  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. 183. ↩

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12 shared · Organizationvia Rose Law Firm, Eugene Metzger, Financial General Bankshares
Financial General Bankshares
9 shared · Personvia Eugene Metzger, Financial General Bankshares, Abdus Sami
Bert Lance
15 shared · Organizationvia Rose Law Firm, Charles Keating, Eugene Metzger
Bank of Credit and Commerce International
11 shared · Personvia Eugene Metzger, Financial General Bankshares, Abdus Sami
Agha Hasan Abedi
18 shared · Personvia Mega Group, James Cayne, Steven Hoffenberg
Jeffrey Epstein
8 shared · Organizationvia Mega Group, James Cayne, Steven Hoffenberg
Bear Stearns
8 shared · Personvia Eugene Metzger, Financial General Bankshares, Abdus Sami
Abdus Sami
9 shared · Organizationvia James Cayne, Steven Hoffenberg, Towers Financial Corporation
Financial Trust Company

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