Ex-Halkbank manager’s conviction over Iran sanctions upheld
Reuters – A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a former manager at Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank, for…
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US prosecutors accuse Turkey’s Halkbank of scheme to evade Iran sanctions
Reuters – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank (HALKB.IS) with taking part in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade U.S.…
Turkey, U.S. discussed return of jailed Halkbank executive: Turkey minister
Reuters – Turkey and the United States have discussed returning a jailed executive from state-owned lender Halkbank to Turkey where he can…
U.S. to appeal sentence of Turkish banker in Iran-sanctions case
Bloomberg | Christian Berthelsen: U.S. prosecutors plan to appeal the length of the prison term for a Turkish banker convicted of aiding an…
Turkish banker in Iran sanctions-Busting case sentenced to 32 months
The New York Times – A Turkish banker who was convicted of taking part in a billion-dollar conspiracy to violate United States sanctions on…
Banker in Iran sanctions case says life term isn’t justified
Bloomberg– A Turkish banker convicted in January of aiding an Iranian sanctions evasion scheme objected to a recommendation to a judge that…
U.S. judge delays Turkish banker’s sentencing in Iran sanctions case
Reuters – A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday delayed by nearly four weeks the sentencing of a Turkish banker convicted in…
U.S. seeks about 20 years prison for Turkish banker in Iran sanctions case
Reuters – U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday asked a federal judge to sentence a Turkish banker convicted of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions…
US judge seeks internal communications in Turkey case
AP— A federal judge wants lawyers is a case involving a billion-dollar scheme to evade American sanctions against Iran to detail any…
US trial of Turkish banker part of attempt to stage new coup in Turkey – Erdogan
Sputnik– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday described the ongoing trial in the United States of deputy CEO of Turkey’s Halkbank…
Turkey slams US court ruling on banker as ‘unjust, unfortunate’
Press TV- Ankara has slammed a US court ruling that convicted a Turkish banker for allegedly helping Iran evade Washington’s sanctions as…
U.S. jury finds Turkish banker guilty of helping Iran dodge sanctions
Reuters– A U.S. jury on Wednesday found a Turkish banker guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, after a nearly four-week trial…
Turkish banker loses second bid for mistrial in U.S. sanctions case
Reuters – A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to order a mistrial in the case of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive at…
Turkish banker’s New York trial on a break until next year
AP — A New York jury deliberating the fate of a Turkish banker charged with helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions is off…
Turkish banker accused of helping Iran evade sanctions seeks mistrial
Reuters – Lawyers for a Turkish banker on trial in New York on charges that he helped Iran evade U.S. sanctions asked…
Turkish banker’s lawyer blames laundering on others at Halkbank
Bloomberg |Christian Berthelsen & Bob Van Voris: Lawyers for a Turkish banker accused of aiding an Iran sanctions-evasion plot are pointing the…
Iran sanctions trial returns to defendant after flashy detour
Bloomberg | Christian Berthelsen & Bob Van Voris: A Turkish banker is on trial in New York accused of helping Iran evade…
Zarrab to testify for prosecution in Iran-sanctions case
Bloomberg l Christian Berthelsen, Bob Van Voris and Chris Dolmetsch: Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader at the center of an international…
Iran-sanctions trial to open after jury selected in New York
Bloomberg– The trial of a Turkish banker charged with helping Iran evade economic sanctions is set to begin Tuesday after a jury…
Turkish banker pleads not guilty in New York in Iran sanctions case
Reuters– An executive at the Turkish state-owned bank Halkbank on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges he violated U.S. sanctions against Iran…
Turkish banker is indicted by U.S. in Iran sanctions case
Bloomberg – The case against a Turkish banker arrested at a New York airport last week moved a step closer to a…
Ankara refutes US claims of Turkish bank violating sanctions on Iran
Sputnik News– Halkbank, a state-owned Turkish bank, did not break national or international law, nor did it violate the United Nations’ policy…
U.S. charges Turkish banker in Iran sanctions probe
Reuters– U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged an executive at a Turkish state-owned bank with participating in a multi-year scheme to violate U.S.…