30 Nov Turkish gold trader testifies on bank exec’s role in sham food sales
By Brendan Pierson
NEW YORK, Dec 1 (Reuters) – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader
testifying for U.S. prosecutors in a New York court on Friday
gave his most detailed account yet of how he claims an executive
of Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank devised key parts of
a plan to launder money for Iran through fake food sales.
The executive, Mehmet Hakan Atilla, is on trial on charges
that he took part in a scheme to violate U.S sanctions against
Iran. The gold trader, Reza Zarrab, ple
NEW YORK, Dec 1 (Reuters) – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader
testifying for U.S. prosecutors in a New York court on Friday
gave his most detailed account yet of how he claims an executive
of Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank devised key parts of
a plan to launder money for Iran through fake food sales.
The executive, Mehmet Hakan Atilla, is on trial on charges
that he took part in a scheme to violate U.S sanctions against
Iran. The gold trader, Reza Zarrab, ple
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