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Gold trader Zarrab says he was threatened in jail for cooperating with U.S.
Source: Reuters
#U.S. DECEMBER 7, 2017 / 5:03 PM / UPDATED 10 MINUTES AGO
Gold trader Zarrab says he was threatened in jail for cooperating with U.S.
Brendan Pierson
3 MIN READ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Turkish-Iranian gold trader testifying for U.S. prosecutors in a criminal trial involving sanctions against Iran said on Thursday that he was removed from a New York federal jail after another inmate threatened to kill him for cooperating with authorities.
“He said that he had received instructions to kill because I was cooperating,” the trader Reza Zarrab told jurors in a Manhattan courtroom. He did not identify the person or say when the threat was made. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Zarrab said that after the encounter, he was transferred from Brooklyn, New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The account came near the end of Zarrab’s testimony, which began last Wednesday and concluded on Thursday afternoon.
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Gold trader Zarrab says he was threatened in jail for cooperating with U.S.
Brendan Pierson
3 MIN READ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Turkish-Iranian gold trader testifying for U.S. prosecutors in a criminal trial involving sanctions against Iran said on Thursday that he was removed from a New York federal jail after another inmate threatened to kill him for cooperating with authorities.
“He said that he had received instructions to kill because I was cooperating,” the trader Reza Zarrab told jurors in a Manhattan courtroom. He did not identify the person or say when the threat was made. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Zarrab said that after the encounter, he was transferred from Brooklyn, New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The account came near the end of Zarrab’s testimony, which began last Wednesday and concluded on Thursday afternoon.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-turkey-zarrab/gold-trader-zarrab-says-he-was-threatened-in-jail-for-cooperating-with-u-s-idUSKBN1E1336