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On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Austrian authorities on June 19 arrested Sezgin Baran Korkmaz at the request of the DOJ. His arrest followed the return by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 28 of a superseding indictment, which was unsealed on June 21. The superseding indictment charges Korkmaz with one count of conspiring to commit money laundering, 10 counts of wire fraud, and one count of obstruction of an official proceeding.[1]
[1] U.S. Department of Justice, Turkish Businessman Arrested in Austria on Charges that He Allegedly Laundered Over $133 Million in Fraud Proceeds, Press Rel. 21-582, June 21, 2021.