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Midweek Roundup: Turkish Gold Trader Pleads Guilty in New York, Airbnb Allegedly Targeted by Russian Money Launderers, and More

Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab pleaded guilty in New York to federal charges of money laundering and sanctions evasion and agreed to testify against Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who allegedly plotted to transfer funds to Iran, The Wall Street Journal said. More The head of Turkey's main opposition party during a speech to lawmakers held up a cache of documents he claims shows that relatives of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan transferred $15 million to an Isle of Man firm in 2011 and 2012, Euractiv reported. More Russian criminals are allegedly using legitimate and stolen accounts at Airbnb, a global...

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