(NEW YORK) — A major Turkish bank was criminally charged in an indictment Tuesday with participating in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran. The charges against Halkbank, a state-owned bank, were announced years after a wealthy gold trader was arrested in Florida. Before pleading guilty and testifying against a co-defendant, the Turkish-Iranian businessman, Reza Zarrab, hired Rudy Giuliani to lobby the administration of President Donald Trump to drop the charges as part of a prisoner exchange. In a release, U.S.
A Major Turkish Bank Has Been Charged With Evading U.s. Sanctions On Iran
Larry Neumeister / AP, Time: Business
Wed, 10/16/2019 - 1:38am
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