The slender former executive of the Bank of Credit & Commerce International clearly feared for his life. Speaking before a Senate subcommittee last week, Masihur Rahman told how a fellow B.C.C.I. official had threatened to shoot him if he exposed the rampant fraud and corruption at the heart of the bank. According to Rahman, the colleague warned him, "I've personally killed people in my life, and I'd use the same gun on you."
Undaunted, Rahman sent his American wife Ellen and their two children to the U.S. for safety. "My wife and children were suffering greatly. They were being terrorized by...
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