When Turkish police searched the Istanbul home of Siileyman Asian in December-part of a series of raids in a corruption crackdown-they found $4-5 million stashed in three shoe boxes and hidden in bookshelves. Asian, then chief executive officer of state-owned Turkiye Halk Bankasi, said in court that the money came from donations collected for his alma mater in central Turkey and to help build a university in Macedonia. Dozens of phone conversations purported to be police wiretaps and leaked over the Internet in recent weeks instead paint a portrait of a banker helping a businessman smuggle gold and transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to lran in an effort to evade U.S. sanctions. The police allege that the money found at Asian's home was a bribe to ensure his cooperation.
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机译:土耳其警方在12月搜寻位于伊斯坦布尔Siileyman Asian的住所时-这是一系列打击腐败行动的突袭行动的一部分-他们发现4-5百万美元藏在三个鞋盒中,并藏在书架中。亚洲人当时是国有Turkiye Halk Bankasi的首席执行官,在法庭上说,这笔钱来自为其在土耳其中部母校收集的捐款,并用于在马其顿建立一所大学。最近几十周,数十次电话交谈被认为是警察窃听,并在互联网上泄漏,取而代之的是描绘了一位银行家的肖像,这位银行家帮助一名商人走私黄金并转移数亿美元给兰恩,以逃避美国的制裁。警方声称,在亚洲人家中发现的钱是贿赂以确保他的合作。
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