"Cooperative" indictment in Izmir was accepted

The indictment prepared by the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and including the Izmir Business People Gaziemir Housing Building Cooperative as a complainant was accepted by the Izmir 11th High Criminal Court. The hearing will be held on December 4.

By Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, İZBETON A.Ş. In the investigation regarding the crimes of "embezzlement", "qualified fraud", "forgery of official documents" and "neglect of audit duty" for obtaining benefits through Limited Liability Business People Gaziemir Construction Cooperative within the framework of "Urban Transformation and Development Area Projects" in Gaziemir district, İZBETON A.Ş. A detention order was issued for 10 suspects, who were identified as officials, cooperative board members and audit committee members.

In the operation carried out by the gendarmerie teams on April 9, 9 suspects, including former CHP Ankara Provincial Chairman Ümit Erkol, were caught, and it was determined that 1 suspect was abroad. The suspects were arrested by the judgeship in Izmir on April 12. As the investigation expanded, the number of suspects increased to 17 and 15 of them were arrested.

In the indictment, a prison sentence of 4.5 to 14 years was requested for former Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer, who was detained for the crimes of "aiding the crime of embezzlement" and "forgery of official documents", and a prison sentence of 8 to 20 years was requested for former CHP Ankara Provincial Chairman Ümit Erkol and CHP İzmir Provincial Chairman Şenol Aslanoğlu and 10 suspects for the crimes of "embezzlement" and "forgery of official documents".

Prison sentences ranging from 6 to 16 years were requested for the other 4 suspects on charges of "qualified fraud", "aiding embezzlement" and "neglect of audit duty".

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