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  • Turkish banker Hakan Atilla convicted in U.S. sanctions case

    01/04/2018 6:18:22 AM PST · by Texas Fossil · 7 replies
    NBC News ^ | Jan 3 2018, 9:15 pm ET | Tracy Connor
    After more than three weeks of testimony and four days of deliberation, a New York jury convicted a Turkish banker charged in a U.S. sanctions-busting case that strained relations between the two countries. Hakan Atilla, 47, the deputy general manager of Halkbank, was found guilty of five counts of conspiracy and bank fraud but acquitted of money laundering. The verdict is likely to bring sharp rebukes from the government of Turkish President Recep Erdogan, who was implicated during the closely watched trial. Atilla faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard Berman...