Turkish bank charged with evading US sanctions on Iran

NEW YORK (AP) — A major Turkish bank has been criminally charged in an indictment with participating in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran.
The charges against Halkbank, a state-owned bank, were announced Tuesday by federal authorities.
In a release, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman says senior bank officials designed and carried out the scheme to move billions of dollars of Iranian oil revenue illegally.
He says the crimes were supported and protected by hig