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[theweaselking]

Canadian lawyer sues American bank for refusing him a chequing account because he looks like an arab - and then using him, by name, in a seminar on Banking Security, as an example of someone who they had denied rights to because he was a terrorist.

Qusair Mohamedbhai is of East Indian descent. He was born in Canada, has Canadian citizenship, is a legal permanent resident of the USA, and is a licensed attorney in good standing in both Colorado and Wyoming.

Mohamedbhai's lawsuit claims that Genevieve Babcock-Elder of Colorado Cheque Connection told an audience of about a dozen people at a seminar on banking safety at the Brown Palace that Mohamed- bhai is a terrorist and she had blocked his effort to open a checking account at Commercial Federal.

The lawsuit said Babcock-Elder spelled Mohamedbhai's name for the audience.

Witnesses at the seminar have alleged that "Ms. Babcock-Elder asserted that, because Mr. Mohamedbhai had a Social Security number from Florida, which is where the September 11th terrorists learned to fly, and because he looked Arab, she had 'profiled' him and caused Commercial Federal Bank to refuse him a checking account," the lawsuit said.

"Ms. Babcock-Elder further commented that Mr. Mohamedbhai had with him a white American female and that terrorists 'do that to try to give the appearance that they are on the up and up,' "

Comments

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

I hate it when people with my first name act like idiots.

I mean, even more than when they're just idiots in general.

[desdenova.livejournal.com]

Good for him. I hope he takes them to the cleaners. Also, I am glad that's not my bank, because then I'd have to get a new account somewhere else, and that's a hassle.