October 17, 2017
Federal prosecutors urged a New York federal judge Monday not to dismiss charges against a Turkish banker accused of helping gold trader Reza Zarrab lie to banks to dodge U.S. sanctions on Iran, arguing his bid to duck the allegations or get a separate trial are rehashing already-rejected contentions.
October 10, 2017
Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a Turkish banker accused of helping gold trader Reza Zarrab lie to banks to dodge U.S. sanctions on Iran, told a New York federal judge on Monday that prosecutors are trying to nail him on charges that they lack the authority to bring.
September 25, 2017
The trial of Turkish-Iranian financier Reza Zarrab and Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla on charges of evading U.S. sanctions against Iran was pushed back for at least a month and maybe longer by a New York federal judge on Monday.
September 07, 2017
Instead of arguing his motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with helping Turkish-Iranian financier Reza Zarrab evade U.S. sanctions against Iran, Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla on Thursday found himself being arraigned on a stealthily prepared new indictment that dropped the night before — seven weeks before the trial's scheduled start.
August 15, 2017
An executive at Istanbul-based Türkiye Halk Bankası AŞ accused of helping Turkish trader Reza Zarrab evade U.S. sanctions was denied bail Tuesday when a New York federal judge ruled there were no conditions or combination of conditions that would assure his appearance in court.
August 07, 2017
An executive at Istanbul-based Türkiye Halk Bankası AŞ accused of helping Turkish trader Reza Zarrab evade U.S. sanctions against Iran is an "incurable" flight risk, federal prosecutors said Monday, opposing the banker's proposal to rent an apartment in New York and subject himself to monitoring.
August 01, 2017
The Turkish banker accused of helping Turkish-Iranian financier Reza Zarrab evade U.S. sanctions against Iran asked a New York federal judge on Monday to toss the two conspiracy counts against him, saying there was inadequate notice in the indictment and that the court lacks jurisdiction.
July 17, 2017
A New York federal judge on Monday immediately rejected Martin Shkreli's attorney's request to push back the trial alleging a Turkey-based financier violated U.S. sanctions against Iran because Shkreli's securities trial is taking longer than expected.
June 12, 2017
The New York federal judge overseeing a politically sensitive Iranian sanctions case on Monday warned lawyers for Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla that he's not likely to let them withdraw even if the defendant's government-controlled employer stops footing their bills.
June 09, 2017
Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla told Manhattan U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman in a Thursday letter that he is prepared to waive conflicts his Herrick Feinstein LLP defense team might have with seven banks as he plans a defense against charges that he engaged in a fraudulent scheme with gold trader Reza Zarrab.