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Turkish state bank Halkbank has been indicted on fraud, money laundering scheme (Rudy's Client)
BREAKING: SDNY charges Turkish state-run bank Halkbank in sanctions violations in connection with the record-breaking money-laundering scheme to Iran executed by gold trader Reza Zarrab.
Zarrab was the client whose release Giuliani pushed for between Trump and Erdogan.
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The Turkish state bank Halkbank has been indicted on fraud, money laundering and sanctions offenses by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. U.S. says Halkbank "willfully engaged in deceptive activities designed to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran."
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BOMBASTIC, Turkey and US had been negotiating a deal for more than a year to prevent this court case.
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https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1210401/download
