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In re: 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties
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March 02, 2020
Feds Told They Can't Sit On Rent From Iran-Linked Building
An Iran-linked charity can again start collecting the rent from a Midtown office building that prosecutors have targeted in a decade-old sanctions case after a Manhattan federal judge ruled on Monday that freezing the money is akin to seizing the property and triggers due process concerns.
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October 05, 2017
Iran-Linked Charity Must Hand NYC Office Tower To Feds
A New York federal judge granted a judgment handing more than $1 billion in real estate and cash from an Iranian-linked charity to the U.S. government for sanctions violations on Wednesday, the same day the last of the private plaintiffs in the case agreed to a settlement with the government.
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September 05, 2017
Iran-Linked Manhattan Office Tower Can Be Sold, Judge Says
A New York federal judge rejected a request by an Iran-linked charity on Friday to overturn a jury's finding that it evaded sanctions on the country or delay the sale of its $500 million Manhattan skyscraper until an appeals court has weighed in, saying the Alavi Foundation's chances of overturning the verdict are "remote."
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July 07, 2017
Judge In $1B Iran Asset Fight Looks Ready To Push Forward
An Iran-linked charity held liable to surrender its Midtown Manhattan office tower for sanctions violations said Thursday it believes such a punishment would violate a constitutional bar on excessive fines, but the judge overseeing the historic case displayed little desire to hold off on entering judgment pending that long-shot theory.
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June 29, 2017
Jury Rings Up Iran-Linked Charity In $1B Forfeiture Fight
A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday held an Iran-linked charity extensively liable for violations of sanctions against the Middle Eastern power, tracing its proceeds to money laundering on the country's behalf and dealing prosecutors a win in a decadelong real estate civil forfeiture effort said to be the largest in U.S. history.
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June 28, 2017
Families Harmed By Iran Terrorism Push For Charity's Assets
Victims of terrorism linked to the government of Iran pressed their claims Wednesday against a billion-dollar real estate portfolio operated by a New York charity with ties to the Mideast power as jurors a room away weighed a parallel effort by U.S. prosecutors to seize the valuable assets.
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June 26, 2017
Sham Transaction Stands Out As $1B Iran Asset Fight Closes
A 1995 real estate partnership sleight-of-hand stood out Monday as an Iran-linked charity and prosecutors made final arguments to a Manhattan federal jury tasked with deciding if the charity must forfeit a billion-dollar real estate portfolio to the U.S. for violating Iran sanctions.
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June 21, 2017
Former Charity Manager Denies Iran Link In Forfeiture Trial
A longtime financial manager for the Alavi Foundation, the Iran-linked charity being targeted by the U.S. in a billion-dollar asset forfeiture trial, asserted Wednesday that the Mideast power had no influence over the charity's management of the 36-story Manhattan office tower at the heart of the case.
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June 19, 2017
Iran Forfeiture Trial Judge To Watch Closings Like A Hawk
The Manhattan federal judge overseeing the billion-dollar real estate seizure effort targeting an Iran-linked charity warned Monday against cherry-picking quotes from the often-irresolute testimony of a noted Islamic economist who was the treasurer of the charity when it allegedly violated U.S. sanctions.
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June 15, 2017
Iran-Linked Charity Knocks US Witness In $1B Asset Fight
The Iran-linked charity fighting a billion-dollar U.S. government asset seizure effort got a key informant to tell jurors Thursday that his personal knowledge of the affairs of a real estate partnership at the heart of the case was before when prosecutors say the charity violated sanctions against Tehran.