March 11, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge Wednesday let prosecutors and Turkey's Halkbank move forward with a no-fine deal that will likely resolve criminal charges alleging the state-backed lender conspired to launder billions of dollars in sanctioned Iranian oil proceeds.
March 09, 2026
U.S. authorities and Turkey's Halkbank have agreed to end the long-running criminal case accusing the state-backed lender of scheming to launder billions of dollars in sanctioned Iranian oil proceeds, in a no-fine deal that's explicitly tied to Turkey's diplomatic efforts in the Israel-Hamas war.
February 28, 2024
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.
October 26, 2020
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.
October 01, 2020
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.
September 18, 2020
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.
September 10, 2020
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.
September 01, 2020
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.
August 24, 2020
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.
August 11, 2020
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.