Fighting their client’s convictions for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran, attorneys for Turkish banker Hakan Atilla on Thursday argued the jury should have heard tapes casting doubt on the credibility of the star witness.
Read moreSitting for an interview in his chambers, U.S. District Judge Richard Berman took care to show how the machinations of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in an international case last year left him gobsmacked. In addition to speaking at length about the former mayor’s “unusual” conduct, Berman dwelled on Giuliani some more in a sheet of hand-written notes.
Read moreAs Hakan Atilla learns what sentence he must serve for helping Iran launder billions of dollars, Istanbul’s fragile markets will watch closely Wednesday for cues about the fate of the Turkish banker’s former employer.
Read moreA U.S. prison guard faced the other side of the bars on Thursday, as prosecutors in a federal bribery complaint say he accepted $45,000 to smuggle contraband to the star witness in a multibillion-dollar laundering scheme.
Read moreAfter implicating Turkey’s powerful in a multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme late last year in New York, gold trader Reza Zarrab had a fellow inmate here accuse him of prison rape – allegations he labeled “fiction” on Friday.
Read moreA former deputy for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined an ever-growing list of Turkish officials accused of enabling sanctions violations on Friday during a money laundering trial in a New York federal courthouse.
Read moreCapping off a week on the witness stand in an Iran sanctions case, gold trader Reza Zarrab recounted an attempt to assassinate him inside a U.S. prison because of his testimony that has implicated Turkey’s president and ministers in illicit transactions worth billions.
Read moreDuring the closely watched testimony of gold trader Reza Zarrab, who has implicated Turkey’s president and ministers in a multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme, an important person has been overshadowed: the man on trial.
Read moreReza Zarrab, a gold trader who has implicated Turkey’s president and ministers in billions of illicit transactions, denied from a New York courtroom Tuesday that he was caught in a similar scheme: a traffic stop at the Turkish-Russian border involving a car carrying $15 million.
Read moreDefense attorneys for a banker accused of laundering money for Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions told a federal judge Monday that new evidence undermines the credibility of the government’s star witness.
Read moreThe Turkish government seized the assets of a gold trader and his family on Friday, in retaliation for his testimony implicating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other high-ranking officials in a multibillion-dollar scheme to bust Iran sanctions.
Read moreA Turkish gold trader whose testimony for the U.S. government could embarrass officials here and abroad offered to wage “economic jihad” for Iran, prosecutors revealed Tuesday.
Read moreFueling rumors of a plea deal that will stain the Trump White House, a Turkish gold trader slated to stand trial next week on money-laundering charges remained curiously absent Thursday from a court hearing on his case.
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A federal judge cleared the way for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to provide the Turkish tycoon accused of busting Iran sanctions with help, both legal and quasi-diplomatic.
Read moreFormer New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told a federal judge Monday that he played no role in crafting President Trump’s “so-called Muslim ban executive orders,” despite Giuliani’s previous claim to the contrary on Fox News.
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At a diplomatic crossroads on fighting the Islamic State group in Syria, the presidents of Turkey and the United States are expected to spar at their White House meeting Tuesday on the fate of a gold trader incarcerated in New York City.
Read moreSkewering Rudy Giuliani for using “surprisingly disingenuous” euphemisms, a federal judge unloaded on the former New York City mayor for dancing around charges that his client laundered money for Iran.
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Previewing their evidence against a Turkish gold trader accused of laundering money for Iran, prosecutors told a federal judge Monday about a letter Reza Zarrab wrote to former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Read moreOrdering the former mayor to produce his retainer agreements, a federal judge said Wednesday that Rudy Giuliani’s political jockeying on behalf of an indicted Turkish tycoon is “unquestionably this court’s business.”
Read moreA federal judge vowed Tuesday to investigate whether two allies of President Donald Trump have a conflict of interest after meeting with Turkey’s chief on behalf of a gold trader charged with laundering money for Iran.
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