new york wealthy turkish gold trader charge unite state violate u.s. sanction iran seek support invoke name turkish president tayyip erdogan advance business u.s. prosecutors say allegations trader reza zarrab detail monday federal court file manhattan turkish lira fell percent u.s. dollar bloomberg news report file friday erdogan accuse wrongdoing case complicate u.s. relationship turkey crucial middle east ally benjamin brafman lawyer zarrab immediately respond request comment turkish government officials could immediately reach prosecutors accuse iranian-born zarrab co-conspirators handle hundreds millions dollars iran government iranian entities 2010 2015 scheme evade u.s. action nine people criminally charge zarrab banker turkey halkbank mehmet hakan atilla u.s. custody trial schedule nov. 27. file late friday atilla lawyers request delay january 2018 cite amount work still do much turkey difficulty trial preparation atilla house manhattan jail monday file prosecutors say government anticipate evidence introduce trial show turkish government bank officials integral sanction evasion scheme file detail record phone conversations document accord prosecutors suggest zarrab look erdogan interest say one call occur april 16 2013 zarrab speak another defendant efforts buy bank establish conduit iranian transactions prosecutors say zarrab erdogan turkey prime minister speak four days early wed explain day wed zarrab tell co-defendant accord prosecutors go back say mr. prime minister approve give license go though bddk turkish bank regulator even buy bank anyway separate file atilla lawyers say zarrab essentially participate case atilla might defendant appear trial raise speculation zarrab might prepare guilty plea cooperate charge may change case u.s. v. zarrab et al u.s. district court southern district new york 15-cr-00867 u.s. say turkish gold trader face iran trial invoke erdogan tie