On 15th October, USA Today and others reported that US Federal prosecutors in New York had charged a Turkish bank with money laundering and fraud in an alleged multi-billion dollar scheme to evade US sanctions on Iran, moving billions of dollars in Iranian oil and gas proceeds back to Iran, disguising some of the transactions as involving food, medicine and other humanitarian aid. Mehmet Atilla, Halkbank’s former deputy general manager, was convicted last year in a New York federal court on charges in a related case. Both are said to be linked to the case involving Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian millionaire who admitted bank fraud and conspiracy to evade sanctions, turned state witness and gave evidence against Mehmet Atilla.
http://rijock.blogspot.com/2019/10/us-charges-turkeys-halkbank-with.html
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