Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued an arrest warrant for 20 suspects in the capital markets investigation
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- Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau issued an arrest warrant for 20 suspects who were detained within the scope of the investigation regarding transactions carried out in the capital market.
- The investigation involved obtaining financial data regarding the executives of Pusula Finans Holding, Tera Yatırım Menkul Değerler, Hedef Holding and Bulls Yatırım Menkul Değerler.
- In the previous stages, 45 suspects were arrested.
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Why It Matters
Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau is investigating the transactions carried out in the capital market. In the previous stages, Tera Investment Holding chairman Emre Tezmen and other managers were arrested.
The proceedings of the 20 suspects who were detained by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau within the scope of the investigations regarding the transactions carried out in the capital market, were completed at the criminal judgeship of peace.
Upon the request of the prosecutor's office, the judgeship, Ali Serhat Tüzün, Ali Yöney, Alper Tunga Sagu Burak, Burak Sevindik, Fırat Kerim Ersoy, Gökhan Koçyiğit, Gürsel Akça, İdris Çakır, Jeremy Etienne Debost, Tahir Fatih Mutlu, Mücahit Acaralp, Nil Özalp, Tuncer Köklü, Yasemin Yavuz Koçyiğit, Ali Göl, Hüseyin Emre He decided to arrest Güner, İhsan Çimen, Mesut Yalım, Osman Sungur and Erol Demirbaş.
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In the memorandum sent by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to MASAK on September 17, it was requested to provide financial data regarding the managers of Pusula Finans Holding AŞ, Tera Yatırım Menkul Değerler AŞ, Hedef Holding AŞ and Bulls Yatırım Menkul Değerler AŞ and their subsidiaries.
In the memorandum, it was requested that the clear identity information of all managers of the companies be determined and that their money and crypto asset transfers abroad from 2024 until today, as well as all money inflows and outflows, be sent to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in raw data.
In the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau, Tera Yatırım Holding Chairman Emre Tezmen, Tera Yatırım Holding Board Member Emre Alkin, Tera Yatırım Independent Board Member Kerem Alkin, Tera Portföy General Manager Alper Öztürk, Pusula Holding Chairman Serdar Turhan, Pusula Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Chairman Muhammed Yarız, Namık Kemal Gökalp, Altunç Kumova and İbrahim Bekçi were arrested.
Enver Çevik and Kemal Akkaya, who were detained, were released after their statements at the prosecutor's office.
Doğa Sigorta Chairman Nihat Kırmızı, Tera Yatırım Board members Bülent Uygun and Abdulkadir Özkan were also arrested.
As the investigation continued, it was decided to arrest 53 more suspects, including Tera Investment Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Emir Münir Sarpyener and Tera Portfolio Chairman Erdin Özel.
Thus, the number of people arrested in the investigation reached 65.
All 20 suspects detained within the scope of the investigation were referred to the Istanbul Courthouse yesterday.
Open Questions
- For suspects
- What financial transactions are being examined as part of the investigation?
- How long will the detained suspects be detained?
