Article: DOJ: ABU DHABI WITHDRAWS CLAIMS IN UNITED STATES

 
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Gerald M. Stern, special counsel for financial institution fraud, announced today that the ruling family of Abu Dhabi has withdrawn its claims to more than $400 million in BCCI- related assets in the United States in compliance with one of the key elements of the non-prosecution agreement between Abu Dhabi and the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice said today. 
The agreement, which was worked out in three days of meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, earlier this month, required the Abu Dhabi parties to withdraw three separate sets of claims: 
-- The $91.3 million claim filed in 1992 in the criminal cases against BCCI in which ...

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