November 14, 2016
Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab pled not guilty Monday to a fresh indictment that names his brother as a defendant in an alleged scheme to assist clients including Bank Mellat and an Iranian airline to avoid U.S. sanctions, and his counsel called the new allegations an underhanded attempt to influence the outcome of the case.
October 17, 2016
A New York federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss charges that a Turkish businessman violated U.S. sanctions against Iran, saying that the government had sufficiently established he could be charged with violating the law without setting foot in the U.S.
August 31, 2016
Attorneys for a Turkish gold trader accused of helping violate U.S. sanctions against Iran asked a Manhattan federal judge to leave the case on Tuesday, saying the judge had suggested a political shakeup, and not his innocence, had ended a Turkish bribery case against their client.