Adds hearing schedule, background

NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday in the U.S. criminal case against Halkbank HALK.IS, court records showed on Friday, after prosecutors said they were seeking to dismiss their indictment against the Turkish lender.

• U.S. District Judge Richard Berman scheduled the hearing for 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT) in Manhattan federal court.

• Halkbank was charged in 2019 with helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions. It pleaded not guilty.

• Prosecutors in March said they had reached an agreement with Halkbank to drop the charges in exchange for the bank barring transactions that benefit Iran and hiring a monitor to review its sanctions and anti-money-laundering compliance.

• The settlement sent Halkbank's shares soaring on the Istanbul stock exchange.

• Berman paused the case for 90 days to give Halkbank the chance to demonstrate compliance.

• On Wednesday, prosecutors asked Berman to dismiss the charges because a review of Halkbank's practices by Ernst & Young did not find instances of noncompliance.