Soleiman Aslan, head of Turkey state-run Halk Bank has been fired on charges of money laundering for Iran.
He was arrested during Turkish police investigations on money laundering and bypassing Iran sanctions. During inspections of his house $4 million in cash was confiscated after being found in hidden shoe boxes.
Soleiman was accused along with 22 other Turkish officials and their relatives of receiving bribes from Iranian regime broker Reza Zarab in money laundering billions of euros and smuggling gold from Turkey to Iran.
Reza Zarab was working for Babak Zanjani and had illegally transferred 87 billion euros in this money laundering network.