The Istanbul prosecutor's office is investigating former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara and acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, following allegations that their case was based on documents Turkey says were fabricated. When asked for comment, Bharara referred Reuters to the Southern District of New York's Attorney's Office. Reuters was not immediately able to reach anyone at the Istanbul Prosecutor's office for comment. Now the Turkish government says U.S. charges against him are based on false documents. Under a previous Turkish investigation that became public in 2013, Turkish prosecutors accused Zarrab and high-ranking Turkish officials of involvement in facilitating Iranian money transfers via gold smuggling, leaked documents at the time showed.

Source: CBC News November 19, 2017 01:47 UTC