Turkish-Iranian businessman and key US government witness in its case against Halkbank executive Hakan Atilla also said the banker once refused to sign off on a transaction related to a fake sale of food to Iran as he was then unaware of the sham.
Reza Zarrab, the US government's key witness in the trial of Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, once said it's necessary in America to admit to crimes that never occurred to get out of prison, defence lawyers wrote in a letter to the trial judge.