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United States v. Banki
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In United States v. Banki, 685 F.3d 99 (2nd Cir. 2011)[1] the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of Mahmoud Reza Banki. Banki had been convicted of multiple crimes related to allegedly conspiring to violate United States sanctions against Iran by transferring large amounts of money — totaling some $3.4 million — from Iran to the United States.
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Full case name | United States v. Mahmoud Reza Banki |
Argued | February 15, 2011 |
Decided | October 24, 2011 |
Citation | 685 F.3d 99 |
Case history | |
Prior history | 733 F. Supp. 2d 404 (S.D.N.Y. 2010) |
Subsequent history | Opinion amended, February 22, 2012. |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | José A. Cabranes, Rosemary S. Pooler, Denny Chin |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Chin, joined by a unanimous court |
In 2010, Mahmoud Reza Banki, an Iranian-American, was arrested and prosecuted by the United States Attorney's office in New York City. He was charged in the Southern District of New York with violating the US sanctions against Iran. He was charged with conspiracy to violate the Iranian Transactions Regulations (the "ITR") and operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business and four other charges. His defense argued these transfers were necessary to protect the family's assets. He spent 22 months in prison before winning his case on appeal, with all the sanctions charges against him being dismissed. The case was permanently closed in July 2012.
Banki spoke publicly for the first time about his case at TED Talk in 2014.[2][3] He has spoken before various audiences and in The Moth podcast released January 2017, Banki spoke to the personal toll of the ordeal.[4][5]