United Bank for Africa

Application by LITASCO S.A. to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, Citibank N.A.; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas; Standard Chartered Bank; HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, United Bank for Africa, America, Société Générale North America, SG Americas Securities Holdings, LLC, and BNP Paribas USA, Inc. for legal proceedings in England "against Der Mond Oil and Gas Africa SA and Locafrique Holding SA", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Nigeria is seeking records from ten banks in the United States for a criminal investigation into an alleged $10 billion bribery and fraud scheme committed by a "shell entity" in the British Virgin Islands that was set up and operated by citizens of Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Application by the Republic of Nigeria to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., Allied Irish Banks, HSBC Bank USA, Standard New York, Inc., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, J.P. Morgan Chase, United Bank for Africa, Bank of Cyprus, Fortis Private Banking Singapore Limited., and Standard Chartered International (USA) Ltd. for use in "criminal investigations" in Nigeria regarding "a fraudulent scheme to defraud FRN of almost $10 billion ... carried out by Process & Industrial Developments Limited, a British Virgin Islands shell entity with no technical capabilities, virtually no employees, and no demonstrable financial resources", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.