29 Mar 2024
Saturday 27 January 2018 - 17:37
Story Code : 291587

No cushy digs for Turkish gold trader who helped convict banker

Bloomberg | Christian Berthelsen: When gold trader Reza Zarrab was taken from a U.S. jail after agreeing to testify about Turkish efforts to help Iranian sanctions evasion, speculation flourished about the luxe confines he might have found himself in.

Given his resources, the thinking went, he could have been put up at a luxury hotel or apartment building during the trial, and with his cooperation agreement -- under which authorities said he could request witness protection -- he might never have to see the inside of a jail cell again. Would there be daily fresh flower service?

Well, ahem. It turns out he wasnt in a bungalow in sunny San Diego. A former fellow inmate who is suing Zarrab for assault managed to track him down -- in Westchester County Jail. An affidavit of service filed in the case said Zarrab was served with a summons at the jails address on Jan. 19.

Prosecutors in the Turkish case declined to say at the time where Zarrab was being held. They said he had been removed to protect him from threats. Whether hes still there isnt clear. The systems inmate locator said it had no record of a Reza Zarrab on Friday afternoon. The U.S. attorneys office and Zarrabs lawyer declined to comment.
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