Breach of the underlying contract by the beneficiary does not invalidate a demand absent fraud or unconscionability; the proper remedy is injunctive relief against the beneficiary, not resistance to payment by the bank. Maintaining parallel proceedings in different jurisdictions while selectively advancing different grounds, particularly fraud, constitutes a clear abuse of process.
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