“A federal judge ruled in favor of the government’s suit this week, saying the building’s owners had violated Iran sanctions and money laundering laws. Manhattan Federal Prosecutor Preet Bharara said the decision upholds the justice department claims the owner of the building ‘was (and is) a front for Bank Melli, and thus a front for the Government of Iran.’ Bharara said the funds from selling the building would provide ‘a means of compensating victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism.’ Prosecutors allege the building’s owners, the Alavi Foundation and Assa Corporation, transferred rental income and other funds to Iran’s state-owned Bank Melli.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/18/us-to-seize-new-york-skyscraper-secretly-owned-by-iran/
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