A client’s unexpected phone call would soon move Nick Silverman to tears. Initially, however, the then-eighth-year associate hadn’t the slightest clue what the recently convicted Iranian banker on the other line was talking about.
“‘I love you and I just want to tell you thank you,’” were the first words Silverman recalls hearing from Ali Sadr on June 5, 2020—a few months after a jury found Sadr guilty of violating U.S. sanctions against Iran and other criminal charges.
It took about 15 seconds of back-and-forth before Sadr realized Silverman hadn’t heard the news, which by day’s end was sending shockwaves ...
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