Under the Counter Terrorism Act, US citizens can sue banks that provide material support to terrorist groups. However, plaintiffs need to prove that American courts have jurisdiction to hear these cases.
This is a key issue in the lawsuit filed by the parents and sister of 18-year-old Quinn Chanseman. He was on his way to rest when a terrorist shot and a plane crash ended his life.
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The lawsuit says two Russian banks sent millions of dollars to the “Donetsk people's republic”. This separatist entity is believed to be responsible for the Malaysia Airlines plane crash. Sberbank and VTB allegedly regularly and deliberately transferred funds to the separatist group.
The plaintiffs insist that New York has jurisdiction in this case because the transfers were made through correspondent accounts with US banks in New York.
Recall Boeing-777 Malaysia Airlines was shot down over Donbas on July 17, 2014. On board there were 298 people, all of them died. There were 80 minors among the passengers, including 3 young children. The International Commission of Inquiry has confirmed that it was Russia that supplied the separatists in the Donbas with the Buk missile system, from which the plane was destroyed.
