Judge dismisses US criminal indictment of Turkey’s Halkbank

A federal judge dismissed on Wednesday the U.S. Justice Department’s criminal indictment of Halkbank after President Donald Trump’s administration reached a deal with the Turkish state-run lender, ending a prosecution brought in 2019. The action was taken by Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Richard Berman. The agreement, announced in March, promised to relieve a lingering irritant […]