Scientist in NY Iran trade case spared jail time after asking judge to remove ...
NEW YORK — A New York judge has told a scientist whose conviction for violating the Iran trade embargo was tossed out last year that he won’t have to serve any more jail time. Judge Paul Engelmayer told Mahmoud Reza Banki (MAH’-mood REEZ’-ah BAHN’-kee) on Tuesday that he did not want to compound Banki’s suffering./ A federal appeals court left in place a conviction for making false statements. But the charge only would have resulted in up to six months in prison. Banki served nearly two years before the more serious charges were tossed in ...
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