Benjamin Brafman

A trader accused of helping Iran evade sanctions invoked the name of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as part of a scheme that U.S. prosecutors say was supported by Turkey’s government, according to court documents.

A U.S. judge on April 5 ordered that he be given more detail about former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani and another lawyer's representation of a Turkish gold trader, Reza Zarrab, charged with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran.

A Turkish banker, sanctions and Iran − the plot thickens as the NYPD arrests an executive suspected of helping transfer funds to Iran when sanctions were firmly in place.

Defense lawyers asked a U.S. federal judge on Oct. 5 to throw out a case against an Iranian-Turkish tycoon accused of defying sanctions on Tehran.

The prosecutor probing Iranian-Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab on charges of money laundering and sanctions evasion has sent a letter to the court with a demand to overturn the defendant's recent appeal to replace the case's judge over a suspicion of bias.

Prominent New York-based lawyer Benjamin Brafman, who is widely known for defending former International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn against sexual assault charges, has signed up to defend Iranian-Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab, who was arrested in Miami over Iran sanction-related fraud charges. 

Prominent New York-based lawyer Benjamin Brafman, who is widely known for defending former International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn against sexual assault charges, has signed up to defend Iranian-Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab, who was arrested in Miami over Iran sanction-related fraud charges.