European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 30, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3fed seeks to Fine Bocci $200 million Washington a the Federal Reserve announced monday that it is seeking a $200 million Fine against the Bank of credit and Commerce International and an order barring nine people tied to the Bank from involvement with . Banking organizations. The action came As Manhattan District attorney Robert Morgenthau disclosed the indictment of Bocci on charges of defrauding investors falsifying records and stealing More than $30 million. In Washington the fed said its decision was a based on evidence of secret arrange ments that were made Between senior officials of Bocci and customers of  it said the secret arrangements included Loans to customers to Purchase shares of three . Banks first american ban shares inc. Of Washington National Bank of Georgia and entrust savings Bank of Miami. The Bocci customers who bought the shares were not required to repay the Loans the fed said. In new York Morgenthau told a news conference that the. Indictment a spells out the largest Bank fraud in world financial  also charged in the new York indictment Are Agha Hasan Abedi a founder and former president of Bocci and Swa leh Naqvi the Bank a chief operating officer until october 1990. Abedi who resigned from Bocci last year is now ill and living in Karachi Pakistan. Naqvi identified by the Bank of England As the key Man overseeing the operation at the heart of the Bocci fraud suggested last week that he May help investigators. In an interview in mondays Wall Street journal Abedi was asked about previous allegations of Bocci fraud. A things like that Are often alleged but one should have Faith in god a he said. The Federal Reserve announcement coupled with the new York indictments follow the  around the world july 5 in the midst of allegations of fraud and drug Money laundering. Banking regulators believe Bocci has funnelled As much As $15 billion of depositors Money into illicit activities. A score of government agencies in Washington and abroad Are investigating Bocci and congressional committees Are organizing hearings. The fed said it had referred the violations to the Justice department and had temporarily deferred assessing a a substantial fines against individuals pending the governments criminal inquiry. Abedi and Naqvi Are among those the fed is seeking to permanently bar from any involvement with . Banking organizations. Also named is Ghaith phar Aon a key stockholder in Bocci who has been described by the fed and others As by Cir a front Man in the United states. Pharaon also had ownership stakes in National Bank of Georgia and Independence Bank of Encino calif., and had business dealings with David Paul for Mer chairman of the failed entrust. The fed also named Kamal Adham the former head of saudi arabians intelligence Agency Faisal Saud Al Fulai a former chairman of Kuwait airways Abdul Raouf Khalil a saudi businessman Khusro Elley who formerly headed acc la a office in new York and was a senior executive at first american Bank of new York Hasan Mahmood Kazmi a former senior officer of a company controlled by Bocci and Sayed Jannary. Adham Fulai and Khalil Are shareholders of both Bocci and first american. The fed said the secret arrangement violated explicit commitments in the shareholders 1980 application to the fed to acquire first american. The shareholders had stated that Bocci would have no ownership interest in first american but in fact Bocci funded the acquisition of the first american shares and was the actual owner of at least 25 percent of the shares the fed said. In the heat of the desert a bedouin girl tries to keep her baby sister in the Shade sunday As temperatures soared to 125 degrees in the Abdali red Cross refugee Camp on the iraqi kuwaiti Border. More than 1,200 of the stateless Arab bedouins who Are unable to return to their Homes in Kuwait live in the  major s wife held in murder of German woman Soltau Germany apr the 41-year-old wife of a British army major was being held by military authorities monday in connection with the murder of a 34-year-old German woman who she suspected was her husbands mistress. The British woman identified As Christine dryland had not yet been charged because authorities were deciding whether the Case would fall under German or British Legal jurisdiction said a British military spokesman. A spokesman for the German prosecutors office in Linneburg a City South of Hamburg that has jurisdiction Over Soltau said monday that dryland was being investigated for intentional homicide. According to German authorities dryland and her husband maj. Anthony dryland a 47-year-old persian Gulf War Veteran had an argument in their Home saturday evening. After he left the House she followed him in her car and saw him meet the German woman. Police said Christine dryland ran Over the woman identified As Marika spar Feldt four times with her car. The German woman died a Short time later in an unidentified Hospital. Anthony dryland suffered cuts and bruises and was treated at the Hospital and released. According to the British military spokesman dryland a is helping police with their inquiries but his movements Arentt  the spokesman said Christine dryland was also cooperating with German and British military investigators. The British military spokesman who spoke on condition his name not be used said the army a very much regrets the tragic death of this lady and extends its sincere condolences to her  chief quickly added dining room car by Michael j. Sniffen the associated press Washington a among his first actions As director of the . Marshals service k. Michael Moore upgraded his government car to a Lincoln and had a Chan delivered executive dining room built Yards from his office door documents show. The Senate appropriations committee says Moore failed to get Advance approval for the dining room As required by a Law designed to curb the amount of tax Money government executives spend on their own comforts. But a Justice department official said the Law did no to apply. Moore took Over the service nov. 26, 1989, the first director appointed by a president under a new Law reflecting the services rising reputation. Moore is now under review for a nomination to a Federal judgeship. That Law put the service on a bureaucratic Par with the Fri and the drug enforcement administration said marshals spokesman Steve Boyle. But the services new standing had not brought the traditional perquisites of Power in Washington. Moore acquired two in his first seven weeks on the Job according to the documents. He replaced the 1988 Mercury grand Marquis that his predecessor Stanley Morris had driven with a dark Blue 1990 Lincoln town car. The Mercury leased for $3,075 a year the Lincoln for $5,100. Then he ordered the Kitchenette near his office expanded and a conference room converted to a dining room. The Cost was $15,707, including $1,449.50 in overtime to get the Job done quickly. Federal Law limits presidential appointees to no More than $5,000 to redecorate or improve their offices without Advance approval from the House and Senate appropriations committees which Moore did not obtain. But he did ask the Justice department to approve the redecoration. Harold g. Devoe of the Justice management division who approved the request said the spending limit did no to apply because his division had interpreted the Law to cover Only a the immediate office not the  but a spokesperson for the Senate appropriations committee said a the intent of the Law is to include the whole office suite. It would appear they should have come to us  Devoe said the regulation that would have denied Moore a dining room was suspended temporarily when the marshals did their work. Bob Goodman of the general service administration said the regulation technically is Back in Force but is not being enforced while a new temporary replacement is readied. As for Moore a car Boyle said a it was about time for the lease to run out on the 2-year-old vehicle Stan Morris had  but the services records show the Mercury was not replaced for another year. Why switch to the Lincoln a room Quot Boyle said. Morris who is 6-foot-2, said he had no problems with the Mercury that his 5-foot-10 successor replaced