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USA v. Zarrab et al

  1. May 16, 2018

    Turkish Banker Gets Short Prison Term For Sanctions Busting

    Manhattan U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman on Wednesday sentenced a Turkish banker to 32 months in prison for helping Iran undermine U.S. sanctions, rejecting prosecutors' assertion that the Halkbank executive was a key player who deserved at least 15 years.

  2. April 13, 2018

    Turkish Banker Visited US Often Before Arrest, Judge Told

    Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla traveled to the United States routinely, having made at least 11 visits before he was arrested last year for helping Iran dodge U.S. sanctions, the convicted Halkbank executive's lawyers told a Manhattan judge on Friday.

  3. April 04, 2018

    Turkish Banker Should Serve More Than 15 Years, DOJ Says

    Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla should spend more than 15 years in prison for helping Iran disguise billions of dollars' worth of overseas oil sales in violation of U.S. sanctions, prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday.

  4. March 27, 2018

    Fearing Long Sentence, Turkish Banker Asks For Leniency

    Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla should receive a light sentence for his conviction on charges of scheming to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions, his lawyers told a Manhattan federal judge Monday, calling his role minor and bristling at what they fear will be a prosecution request for a long prison term.

  5. January 03, 2018

    Turkish Banker Convicted Of Scheming To Aid Iran

    A Manhattan federal jury on Wednesday convicted Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a Turkish banker charged with helping Iran evade billions of dollars of U.S. sanctions, finding him guilty on five of six criminal counts after a high-profile trial that roiled Turkish politics.

  6. December 22, 2017

    Turkish Banker's Jury Ponders 'Aiding And Abetting' Language

    The Manhattan jury weighing charges against Mehmet Hakan Atilla, the Turkish banker accused of scheming to help Iran dodge U.S. sanctions, asked Friday if it is "obligated" to consider whether Atilla aided and abetted money laundering — a potential sign of disagreement that emerged just before jurors left for an extended holiday pause.

  7. December 20, 2017

    Jury In Case Against Turkish Banker Eyes Zarrab Flowcharts

    A Manhattan jury weighed charges against Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a Turkish banker accused of helping Iran dodge billions of dollars of U.S. economic sanctions, for just over four hours Wednesday, asking for sketches purporting to detail illegal activity that were drawn by trader-turned-cooperator Reza Zarrab.

  8. December 18, 2017

    Turkish Banker Denies Being At Meeting Described By Zarrab

    Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla sparred with a prosecutor in Manhattan federal court Monday, flatly denying that he ever huddled with famed Turkish-Iranian trader Reza Zarrab to discuss ways to help Iran dodge powerful U.S. sanctions.

  9. December 15, 2017

    Turkish Banker Denies Guilt As Judge Rips Cross Of Ex-Cop

    Mehmet Hakan Atilla, the Turkish banker accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, told a Manhattan jury Friday he was not in on any lawbreaking, taking the witness stand on a day that was punctuated by U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman's sharp critique of the defense's aggressive handling of a former Istanbul cop.

  10. December 14, 2017

    Turkish Banker Gets To Sleep On Decision To Take Stand

    Mehmet Hakan Atilla, the Turkish banker accused of helping Iran evade billions of dollars of U.S. sanctions, stood up to take the stand on his own behalf Thursday before a close to the trial day afforded him the opportunity to sleep on his decision.