FIRST UNION NAT. BANK v. PARIBAS

Nos. 00 Civ. 5397(LAK), 00 Civ. 5398(LAK), 00 Civ. 5400(LAK), 00 Civ. 5401(LAK).

134 F.Supp.2d 351 (2001)

FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, v. PARIBAS, f/k/a Banque Paribas, Defendant. First Union National Bank, Plaintiff, v. Anz Grindlays Bank, Defendant. First Union National Bank, Plaintiff, v. Emirates Bank International, Defendant. First Union National Bank, Plaintiff, v. Arab African International Bank, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Miller, Mark L. LoSacco, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP, New York City, for Plaintiff.

Martin Domb, John F. Keating, Jr., Hill, Betts & Nash LLP, New York City, for Defendants BNP Paribas, ANZ Grindlays Bank and Emirates Bank International.

David W. Rifkin, Suzanne M. Grosso, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Defendant Arab African International Bank.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

These cases have their origins in what appears to have been a massive fraudulent scheme perpetrated in London that now is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office of the London police, has resulted in a number of arrests, and has led to extensive litigation there.

The essence of the scheme appears to have been as follows: A Middle Eastern corporation known as Solo Industries Limited ("Solo") applied...

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