Turkey
Halkbank Not Immune 2d Cir
Decided DOJ Wants to Stay &
Consolidate Civil Case
By Matthew
Russell Lee,
Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 8 – Turkey's Halkbank
has officially given up its
strategy of refusing to
official appear in the US
criminal case against it, and
on February 25, 2020 appeared
and agreed to be indicted.
Inner City Press live tweeted
it here
and below.
On April
12, 2021 with the case stayed
pending appeal, a three-judge
panel of the Second Circuit
heard the arguments. Inner
City Press live tweeted it,
here: [& fast podcast here]
On October 22,
2021, the Second Circuit ruled
that Halkbank is NOT immune.
On December
21, Halkbank
filed more
than 30 pages
with the
Second
Circuit,
seeking a stay
pending
appealing to Supreme
Court. Full filing
on Patreon here.
Halkbank was
indicted for Iran sanctions
violations and money
laundering in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
Jump cut to April
8, 2024 when DOJ in a civil
case filed a motion to
intervene in and stay, and a
request to move the civil case
to Judge Berman with the
criminal case, in Hughes, et
al. v. Halkbank, et all,
23-cv-6481. In that
case, 151 Americans are suing
for death or injuries by Al
Qaeda in Afghanistan from 2012
to 2020 and in Syria 2012 to
2013. The US Attorney's Office
writes that it relies on the
factual allegations in US v.
Zarrab and facts adduced at
the trial of Attila.
April 8, 2024 letter
on Patreon here
The criminal case
is US v. Turkiye Halk Bankasi
A.S., 15-cr-867 (Berman)
The civil case in
which DOJ has moved to
intervene, stay and
consolidate is
Hughes,
et al. v.
Halkbank, et
all,
23-cv-6481
(Vyskocil)
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