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Zia M. Faruqui

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Zia M. Faruqui is a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the District Court for the District of Columbia. He previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney for 12 years, during which time his work focused on the intersection of national security and financial crime.

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The Long Arm of U.S. Law: The Patriot Act, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and Foreign Banks

Zia M. Faruqui, Jessie K. Liu, Noha K. Moustafa   Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 9:01 AM

The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 expands the government’s authority to subpoena documents held by foreign banks overseas. Here’s how U.S. institutions could interpret that expanded authority.