Turkish banker expected to testify in Iran sanctions trial in New York
Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a Turkish banker accused of taking part in a scheme to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions, plans to testify in his own defence at his trial in New York, his lawyers said Thursday. A lawyer for Atilla told U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan federal court on Thursday that Atilla, an executive at Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank, would testify. The announcement came shortly after prosecutors said they had finished presenting their case. Prosecutors have accused Atilla, 47, of working with Turkish-Iranian ...
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