U.S. Veterans Sue Big Banks for Facilitating Iranian Terrorism
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CV 14-6601 |
Snippet of Article: "...The suit filed early Monday accuses multiple banks of “committing acts of international terrorism” by helping Iran fund and arm Iraqi terrorists who have killed scores of U.S. troops, according to the complaint. ..."
Article Source: freebeacon.com
Court Documents: Clip from court documents: ""...C
omplaint for damages and equitable relief
pursuant to
18 U.S.C. §
2333(a). Plaintiffs allege that
each of
the Defendants named herein
is
liable to Plaintiffs
for
committing acts of international terrorism for violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2339A
and § 2339B and
that Defendants HSBC BANK USA, N.A. (
“
HSB
C
-
US
”
)
,
BARCLAYS, STANDARD
CHARTERED BANK, AND ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND N.V. committed acts of
international terrorism in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2332d.
2.
The Complaint
aris
es
out of the Islamic Republic of Iran
’
s (
“
Iran
”
) decades
-
long
scheme
to evade U.S. sanctions and provide material support to Hezbollah, a Foreign Terrorist
Organization (
“
FTO
”
) (as that term is defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1189 of the Antiterrorism and
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (
“
AEDPA
”
)) and other terrorist organizatio
ns...