The Islamic Bank has lost aproximatly 48 billion dollars only last year.
According to a report published by Saudi Al-Eqtisadiah (The Economy) newspaper, revealing AUE banks to such scrutiny and interrogations represented a distortion to the image of the banking system in the country.
The American Department of Treasury has launched a law earlier in June allowing the president to penalize foreign banks that lead financial transactions to buying oil and petroleum products from the Islamic Republic of Iran.