VOL. XXXVI

NO. 47

23-AUGUST-1993

Financial and Banking News

BCCI

Altman Acquittal Foreshadows Difficulties Faced By Prosecution In MahfouzTrial

The acquittal of Mr. Robert Altman, the former chief executive officer ofFirst American Bankshares (FAB), on charges relating to BCCI is indicative ofthe difficulties which prosecutors will face in convicting Shaikh Khalid binMahfouz, the former chief executive of National Commercial Bank, who has beenaccused of fraudulent activities at BCCI. In the first...