The US Marines and the Haitian Bank

U.S. Marines loot the National Bank of Port Au Prince, Haiti

Increased instability in Haiti in the years before 1915 led to heightened action by the United States to deter foreign influence. Between 1911 and 1915, seven presidents were assassinated or overthrown in Haiti, increasing U.S. policymakers' fear of foreign intervention. In 1914, the Wilson Administration sent marines into Haiti who removed $500,000 from the Haitian National Bank in December of 1914 for safe-keeping in New York, thus giving the U.S. control of the bank. (Emphasis ours)

history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/Haiti