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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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December 13, 2017
Istanbul Ex-Cop Never Saw Turkish Banker During Stakeouts
A former Istanbul anti-fraud cop told a Manhattan jury on Wednesday that during stakeouts he performed in a 2013 bribery probe before being forced to leave Turkey, he never saw Mehmet Hakan Atilla, the Turkish banker standing trial on charges of helping Iran dodge U.S. sanctions.
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December 12, 2017
Turkish Banker Disputes That Iran Warning Made Him Nervous
A former Obama administration official on Tuesday told a Manhattan jury that Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a Turkish banker accused of helping Iran dodge U.S. sanctions, was "taken aback" and "sweating" when directly warned against helping Tehran, which was disputed by the defense because the former official could not back up his account with notes from the time.