US Appeals Court upholds conviction of former Halkbank banker

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld the conviction of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a former deputy general manager of Turkish state-owned Halkbank; judgment. Mr Atilla served 32 months in custody for conspiracy to defraud the US and evade US sanctions on Iran. He was sentenced in May 2018 having been convicted of facilitating a money-laundering network …