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Uhhhhhhh is this bit from US prosecutors' sentencing memorandum in the Reza Zarrab case new? A fellow inmate apparently showed Zarrab a homemade knife and told Zarrab that he was paid to kill Zarrab for cooperating with US prosecutors against “big people in Turkey”

6/7/26, 4:51 pm1 repost5 likes

Aaron Schaffer

@aaronschaffer.com

6 July

The "big people in Turkey" bit might be new but the story came up a bit during trial www.courthousenews.com/turkish-gold...

courthousenews.comTurkish Gold Trader’s Dramatic Testimony Ends With Assassination TaleCapping off a week on the witness stand in an Iran sanctions case, gold trader Reza Zarrab recounted an attempt to assassinate him inside a U.S. prison because of his testimony that has implicated Tur...

Aaron Schaffer

@aaronschaffer.com

6 July

Full sentencing memorandum available here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com#778 in United States v. Zarrab (S.D.N.Y., 1:15-cr-00867) – CourtListener.comSENTENCING SUBMISSION by USA as to Reza Zarrab. (Lockard, Michael) (Entered: 07/06/2026)

Aaron Schaffer

@aaronschaffer.com

8 July

In Zarrab's sentencing memorandum, his lawyers write that they believe Turkey sees his cooperation as treason "because it has exposed corruption at the highest levels of Turkish government and thwarted Turkey's ability to fraudulently inflate its economy by helping Iran bypass U.S. sanctions"

Aaron Schaffer

@aaronschaffer.com

8 July

Zarrab's sentencing memorandum is here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.comSentencing Submission – #780 in United States v. Zarrab (S.D.N.Y., 1:15-cr-00867) – CourtListener.comSentencing Submission