A fourth wave operation was organized in the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the transactions carried out in the capital markets. 8 suspects were detained within the scope of the file related to Destek Yatırım Bankası and Özata Denizcilik.
It was reported that Özgür Akayoğlu, General Manager of Destek Yatırım Bankası, was among those detained.
The names of the other detained officials are as follows: Duygu Somay, Tuğba Hicran Ataseven, Altuğ Kantarcı, Kerim Tosun, Nuray Elmastaş, Ali Çil and Azize Binnur Tosun.
While Destek Faktoring Board member Orhan Aksüt is being searched, it was learned that Özata Denizcilik manager İskender Balcı went abroad. An arrest warrant was issued for Balcı.
The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office stated that the suspects' connections with the fund and capital market transactions under investigation are being investigated. It was stated that the investigation is continuing to determine the value of assets resulting from crime and to protect the rights of investors.
DESTEK HOLDING OWNER WAS ARRESTED
Altunç Kumova, owner of Destek Holding and Chairman of Destek Yatırım Bankası, was detained on September 17 within the scope of the investigation and arrested by the criminal judgeship of peace to which he was referred. In his statement to the prosecutor's office, Kumova was quoted as saying that he found it "abnormal" that Destek Faktoring's market value increased from approximately 15 billion lira to 1 trillion 300 billion lira, and that he noticed the unusual activity in the funds but did not know how to intervene.
CMB FILED A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FOR ÖZATA DENİZCLİLİK TRANSACTIONS
In the bulletin published on September 25, the Capital Markets Board (CMB) decided to file a criminal complaint against 11 people following its investigation into the transactions in the Özata Denizcilik share market. The Board imposed a two-year trading ban on 13 individuals and organizations, including Tera Yatırım and Tera Portföy, limited to the Özata Denizcilik share market; He announced that the licenses of five people would be invalid for the same period.
On the other hand, Özdemir Ataseven, founder of Özata Denizcilik and Chairman of the Board of Directors, was arrested during the investigation.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE INVESTIGATION?
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.
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 as 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 Board Chairman Nihat Kırmızı, Tera Yatırım Board Members Bülent Uygun and Abdulkadir Özkan, who were detained within the scope of the investigation, were also referred to the courthouse and arrested.
It was decided to arrest the suspects Furkan Baki, Murat Keçeci, Ramazan Erbey, İlhan Aygül, Salih Can Bülbül, Selçuk Kahya, Uğur Akkafa, Samet Çetinel, Celal Yarız, İsmail Ege, Mehmet Yıldırım, Lütfi Çetinel, Berkan Gülen and Mehmet Erbey, and to impose judicial control measures on 3 suspects.
19 suspects, who were detained within the scope of the investigation and referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan, were arrested, and 2 suspects were released on condition of judicial control. During the ongoing investigation, 8 more suspects were detained and 6 of them were ordered to be arrested.
Thus, the number of people arrested in the investigation reached 51.
Along with Tera Portföy CEO Emir Münir Sarpyener, Tera Portföy Chairman Erdin Özel, for whom an arrest warrant was issued, was also detained.
