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Saad Shafi is a banker who took refuge in Pakistan in 1988, ABC's Brian Ross reminded us in his Investigates feature. Shafi was one of 14 accused felons running the infamous Bank of Credit & Commerce International. He was indicted for moneylaundering on behalf of Colombian narcotrafficantes. Why is the BCCI back in the news? "Prosecutors in Shafi's case dismissed the charges against him apparently to clear the books because they believed they would never be able to get the fugitive banker back to the United States for trial." Once the coast was clear, Shafi returned voluntarily; he became a US citizen; he is now running the Los Angeles branch of the Habib American Bank.
For Roman Polanski the worst of times; for Saad Shafi, the best of times, Ross reflected.
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