Cypriot financial authorities under obligation to notify any further measure regarding FBME Cyprus 30 days in advance, and that Cyprus could no longer act in isolation and put all interested parties before a fait accompli. Further, FBME, the Arbitral Tribunal, and Messrs. Saab, owners would be in a position to react before a decision was final, and have an opportunity to take all measures and legal actions that they deemed appropriate. On December 21, 2015, the Central Bank of Cyprus revoked the branch license of FBME bank in Cyprus. After the deposit guarantee scheme was activated for customers with accounts in Cyprus, the bank's staff in Cyprus started a strike. In June 2016, staff agreed to assist with the administration of the deposit guarantee scheme and customers start receiving their money up to €100,000. There are in 2016 numerous court cases ongoing. The verdicts show a sense of predictability. In April 2017, the bank appealed a ruling from a Washington, D.C. federal court which in effect cut off the bank from the American financial system. On May 5, 2017, the Bank of Tanzania discontinued all banking operations of FBME Bank Ltd, revoked its banking business license, placed it under liquidation and appointed the Deposit Insurance Board as a liquidator. On December 24, 2017, The Guardian reported that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation—in connection with Robert S. Mueller III's investigation (into possible connections between the Russian government and the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign of Donald Trump) -- had asked the Central Bank of Cyprus for financial information about FBME, specifically into information that the bank was used by wealthy Russians with political connections accused by the US government of money laundering. Bloomberg further reports that the Russia-related investigation into FBME was connected to a flow of illegal Russian funds into the New York real estate market. Ownership The shares of stock of FBME Bank were owned by Lebanese bankers Ayoub-Farid M Saab (50%) and Fady M Saab (50%). Branch network The bank maintains the following branches: Cyprus Nicosia Branch - 90 Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, 1077 Nicosia, Cyprus Limassol Branch - Omiros & Araouzos Tower, 25 Olympion Street, 3035 Limassol, Cyprus Tanzania Main Branch at Samora Avenue, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Zanzibar Branch - 19-1 Kisiwandui, Zanzibar, Tanzania Arusha Branch - 47 Old Moshi/Haile Selasie Road, Arusha, Tanzania Mwanza Branch - Station Road, Mwanza, Tanzania Russia Moscow Representative Office