Ar from the motion and several other time zones away, Halawi had no idea any of this was occurring — not to mention that a faraway gamble on a landmarked New York hotel might need any bearing on his livelihood. In fact, he claimed that he didn’t make a lot of the situation till Bashar Kiwan began harassing him about opening nonresident bank accounts later that spring. He’d found the canceled go to in March odd, and he resented having been frozen out of some discussions during the financial institution board meeting in January.