Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab is shown in this court room sketch as he appears in Manhattan federal court in New York, U.S., April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Turkish-Iranian gold trader on Wednesday told jurors in a Manhattan federal court that he bribed a former ...
Reza Zarrab may reveal a sprawling bribery scheme touching the highest levels of the Turkish government./ Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab has pleaded guilty in a New York federal court to his role in a scheme to evade U.S. economic sanctions on Iran, according to documents unsealed ...
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian businessman accused of conspiracy to violate United States sanctions against Iran, has been cooperating with the American authorities, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. A Turkish-Iranian gold trader whose prosecution in Manhattan drew sharp criticism from Turkey’s ...
This photo shows the federal courthouse in New York, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the trial of Halkbank Deputy CEO Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a top executive for a state-run bank in Turkey, accused of conspiring to help Iran evade economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Seth ...
Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab is shown in this court room sketch with lawyer Marc Agnifilo (L) as he appears in Manhattan federal court in New York, U.S., April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Turkish gold trader will not go on trial this week on charges of conspiring ...
Iranian gold trader with ties to Turkish President has pleaded guilty in a billion-dollar economic sanctions-busting and money laundering scheme, a U.S. prosecutor said in federal court Tuesday morning. Assistant U.S. Atty. David Denton said Reza Zarrab, who pleaded guilty, will serve as a ...
His testimony in New York could embarrass Turkey’s government/ Turkish-Iranian currency trader Reza Zarrab pleaded guilty last month to charges including conspiracy, sanctions violations, bank fraud and money laundering, according to court papers unsealed Tuesday in Manhattan./ Zarrab, who ...
In this courtroom sketch, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Denton points at defendant Mehmet Hakan Atilla, right, during opening arguments of a trial, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, in New York federal court. Denton said Atilla, deputy CEO of Halkbank, was the architect of a “massively successful” scheme ...
Banker Atilla accused in New York of aiding sanctions plot/ Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader at the center of an international corruption case, is set to tell a New York jury the “inside story” of a plot to evade American sanctions on Iran that reached the highest levels of Turkey’s ...
Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab has pleaded guilty to unspecified charges in connection with an Iran sanctions busting scheme and is cooperating with U.S. prosecutors, officials said on Tuesday. “I can confirm that the defendant has pleaded guilty,” said Nick Biase, a spokesman for the U.S. ...
Mehmet Atilla is accused of aiding in laundering funds/ Zarrab won’t be on trial, but will he testify for prosecutors?/ The trial of a Turkish banker charged with helping Iran evade economic sanctions is set to begin Tuesday after a jury was selected in New York./ The banker, Mehmet Hakan ...
Disability Rights UK has said extending fraud detection to bank accounts could lead to a situation comparable to the Horizon IT debacle./ Supporters of Disabled People Against Cuts and Winvisible protest against deaths caused by benefit cuts and sanctions at the Department for Work and Pensions ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of the 22-year-old Shani’s twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and ...
The latest Social Security Trustees report spurs angst about the program's solvency./ The new report on Social Security, which predicts that the combined retirement and disability trust fund reserves in 2035, has put more Americans on edge, especially those nearing retirement who are worrying ...
A homeless man on parole for an assault conviction dragged a jogger by her hair on a beach near before attempting to rape her earlier this week, police said. The alleged incident occurred at around 7:15 a.m. on the Ocean Front Walk in Santa Monica. Witnesses told a 911 dispatcher that a woman, ...
's administration said Thursday it will now cost more than $20 billion to build a giant tunnel aimed at catching more water when it rains and storing it to better prepare for longer droughts caused by climate change. State regulators have been trying to build some version of for decades. The ...
A former Orlando police officer, David Arenas, passed away earlier this week after jumping into Lake Minneola in Clermont. Arenas served with the department from 1992 until his retirement as a lieutenant in 2020. The tragic incident occurred on Monday, May 13, while Arenas was enjoying the water ...
Colonial Williamsburg American Revolution Barracks/ WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers' teeth. The site is on the ...
Watch a previous NBC4 report on O’Charley’s Ohio closures in the video player above. ) — A national steakhouse, which once operated several central Ohio restaurants that shuttered after the chain filed for bankruptcy, is returning to Columbus after purchasing a former O’Charley’s that closed ...
on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The justices ruled 7-2 that the way the CFPB is funded does not violate the Constitution, reversing a lower court and drawing praises from consumers. wrote the majority opinion, ...