US Jury finds Hakan Atilla, former Halkbank executive guilty of five charges

In the case which Hakan Atilla is jailed pending trial in New York city, USA, the court started again yesterday after Christmas and New Year holidays to decide whether he was guilty of criminal offenses charged. . Members of the jury found Hakan Atilla guilty of 5 charges. Burçin Atilla, Hakan Atilla’s wife also attended the hearings for the first time.

At the end of the session, the jury members sent a note to Berman and asked, “What should we do if we agree on some crimes, not all crimes against Hakan Atilla”? Judge Berman told the members of the jury that they should continue the negotiations and spare extra time for each charge.

Then, Judge Berman announced that the members of the jury had decided on all charges. Atilla was convicted of five charges and found innocent of money laundering. When the decision was announced, Atilla’s wife drowned in tears. Among the crimes attributed to Atilla were to violate the US sanctions against Iran, to participate in the crime of deceiving the United States, to defraud US banks, to participate in fraud against US banks, to launder money and participate in money laundering.