US Looking to Withdraw Case Against Man Convicted of Sanctions Violations

The U.S. is seeking to withdraw a case against a man convicted of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran (see 2003180019), according to court records filed June 5. U.S. prosecutors said the case should be dropped due to “disclosure-related issues” during the March trial, which would likely lead to “continued litigation about” suppression of evidence. “The Government has determined that it would not be in the interests of justice to further prosecute this case,” prosecutors said in a letter to the court.

Lawyers for Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad, the man who was found guilty of funneling more than $115 million through the U.S. financial system for a Venezuelan construction project, said the court should also vacate Nejad’s conviction and grant him a new trial. The lawyers called the verdict “unlawfully obtained,” according to records filed June 7.

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