⚖ Oral Arguments, with Context

The D.C. Circuit hears the Central American Bank for Economic Integration versus Dante Mossi. At the heart of this lawsuit is a falling-out between the bank and its former president. The bank says Mossi steered an electric-vehicle relationship toward his own future business while still working for the bank. It points to a bank-funded Washington conference and purchases of two electric vehicles. After leaving, Mossi formed a vehicle-distribution business, and the bank accuses him of attacking its reputation with credit-rating agencies and business partners. It sued him under RICO, the federal racketeering law, alleging fraud and extortion. Those claims are disputed. The district judge found jurisdiction over Mossi but dismissed the racketeering claim, finding the alleged enterprise, underlying crimes, and pattern inadequately pleaded. The bank will argue that those requirements were read too narrowly, and that Washington was the starting point of the alleged scheme. Mossi's lawyer will argue that legitimate business dealings and criticism of the bank do not establish racketeering, and that his American contacts are insufficient to require him to defend this suit here. So there are two tracks to listen for: whether an American court has authority over Mossi, and whether the bank has alleged enough to proceed under the racketeering law. Recording note: The court's original includes a brief silent interval during a judicial question. That interval is preserved; no speech has been reconstructed.

Central American Bank for Economic Integration v. Dante Mossi (No. 25-7162) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, argued November 12, 2026.