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February 28, 2024
Halkbank Immunity Gambit Doesn't Appear To Sway 2nd Circ.
The Second Circuit did not appear keen Wednesday to dismiss criminal charges accusing Halkbank of laundering over $1 billion of Iran oil proceeds, after the U.S. Supreme Court directed arguments on the Turkish state-owned lender's assertion that common-law sovereign immunity protects it.
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October 26, 2020
Halkbank Gets 2-Month Trial Delay In Iran Sanctions Case
A New York federal judge Monday rejected Turkish state-owned Halkbank's bid to stay the case while it appeals the decision to prosecute it for allegedly evading U.S. sanctions against Iran, delaying the beginning of the trial two months to May.
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October 01, 2020
Halkbank Not Immune In Iran Sanctions Case
Turkey's Halkbank is not immune from criminal prosecution by the U.S., a New York federal judge ruled Thursday, declining to toss a case alleging the bank schemed to violate sanctions on Iran.
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September 18, 2020
Feds Say 2nd Circ. Ruling Bolsters Halkbank Sanctions Case
Federal prosecutors told a New York federal court Friday that the Second Circuit's recent decision to affirm a top Halkbank executive's conviction in and of itself incriminates the Turkish state-owned bank in an alleged sanctions evasion conspiracy, sinking its bid to dismiss the indictment.
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September 10, 2020
Halkbank Can't Pause Iran Sanctions Case Over Recusal Bid
A New York federal judge rejected a bid from Turkey's Halkbank to pause the government's case over alleged Iran sanctions violations while the bank appeals its failed motion to recuse the judge, saying Thursday that its petition was unlikely to succeed.
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September 01, 2020
Feds Say Halkbank's Immunity Claim Is Bogus
Federal prosecutors on Monday urged a New York federal court to reject an attempt by Turkish lender Halkbank to deep-six a criminal case alleging the bank schemed to violate sanctions on Iran, saying Halkbank's claim of immunity is meritless.
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August 24, 2020
Halkbank Loses Bid To Recuse Judge In Iran Sanctions Case
A federal judge in Manhattan said Monday he won't recuse himself from overseeing an Iran sanctions case against Turkey's Halkbank, calling "speculative, tenuous and false" the claim that the judge sided with a group deemed a terrorist organization by the country's government.
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August 11, 2020
Halkbank Cries Immunity In Iran Sanctions Case
Turkey's Halkbank told a New York federal judge that its government-owned status makes it immune from criminal prosecution by the U.S., urging the judge on Monday to toss the case alleging the bank schemed to violate sanctions on Iran.
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July 29, 2020
Feds Say Recusal Bid 'Grossly Distorts' Judge's Statements
Federal prosecutors in New York on Tuesday said a Turkish bank accused of facilitating sanctions evasion "grossly" distorted the statements of the judge handling its case in service of its request for the judge's recusal.
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July 20, 2020
2nd Circ. Upholds Turkish Banker's Conviction
The Second Circuit upheld a Turkish banker's conviction for evading U.S. sanctions on Iran, saying in a Monday opinion that strong evidence supported the jury verdict, even if one of the government's charging theories missed the mark.