Judge Orders SDNY Prosecutors to Respond to Alleged 'Brady' Violations in Money-Laundering Case Against Iranian Banker
In her ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan ordered prosecutors to respond to Sadr's motion, and outlined alleged efforts by prosecutors to conceal the late disclosure of evidence and mislead the court about it.
June 10, 2020 at 04:45 PM
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A federal judge has ordered the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office to respond to allegations that prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence from an Iranian businessman who was convicted of funneling more than $115 million through the American financial system in violation of U.S. economic sanctions.
In a four-page order, U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan of the Southern District of New York said Tuesday the case raised "serious concerns about the conduct of the government" toward defendant Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad, an Iranian national who has been under criminal indictment for more than two years in an alleged money-laundering scheme he ran out of Venezuela.
A federal jury convicted Sadr on five counts in March, following a two-week trial that was complicated at the time by the burgeoning coronavirus pandemic. However, court filings, and Nathan's ruling, have revealed that the prosecution had been marred by alleged Brady violation accusations of wrongdoing by prosecutors.
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