Turkey Attempts Assets Seizure Of Star U.S. Witness
  • 6 years ago
On Thursday the star witness in a U.S. sanctions-busting trial implicated Turkey's president in the scheme, A day later, on Friday, the top prosecutor in Istanbul announced plans to seize the witnesses' assets. According to court papers, Reza Zarrab made a fortune by orchestrating the secret movement of Iranian oil money through U.S. banks. The news of the seizure was first reported by Turkish state-owned media. Zarrab has a fleet of luxury cars, yachts, and a $10 million art collection. But now, under a charge that he spilled state secrets, authorities in homeland are laying claim to what he and and his pop-star wife own.
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