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#AbuDhabi

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People (2)

  • Ghanim Faris al-Mazrui Secretary general of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and head of Sheikh Zayed's Private Department who sat on BCCI's board from 1981 and became its chairman.
  • Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Son of Sheikh Zayed of Abu Dhabi in whose name BCCI bought Financial General Bankshares stock in 1978; auditors later cited evidence that its four such shareholders concealed BCCI's role.

Organizations (1)

  • Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Sovereign investment institution of Abu Dhabi, founded 1976, which held 10 percent of BCCI from 1980 and was awarded 1.347 billion dollars against BCCI's convicted executives in 1994.

Places (1)

  • United Arab Emirates Gulf federation formed on December 2, 1971, whose president Sheikh Zayed and Abu Dhabi government held 77 percent of BCCI at its closure and kept its top officers out of foreign investigators' reach.