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Capital markets probes lead to 19 arrests, raising total to 45
Nineteen of the 21 suspects referred to court in an investigation into capital markets transactions in Istanbul were arrested. Two suspects were placed under judicial control, bringing the total number arrested in the investigations to 45.
Twenty-one suspects were referred to court as part of an investigation into transactions carried out in the capital markets by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office's Bureau for Investigating Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Crimes.
After the suspects completed their statements to prosecutors at the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan, all were sent to the criminal judgeship of peace with a request for their arrest. The judgeship ordered the arrest of 19 suspects and placed two under judicial control.
With the latest ruling, the number of people arrested as part of the investigations reached 45.
Scope of the investigation
In a letter sent to the Financial Crimes Investigation Board on Sept. 17, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office requested financial data concerning the executives of Pusula Finans Holding AŞ, Tera Yatırım Menkul Değerler AŞ, Hedef Holding AŞ and Bulls Yatırım Menkul Değerler AŞ, as well as their subsidiaries.
The letter requested that the executives' full identity details be established and that raw data on money and crypto-asset transfers abroad, as well as all money inflows and outflows from 2024 to the present, be sent to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
Suspects previously arrested
As part of the investigation, Tera Yatırım Holding Chairman of the Board 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 of the Board Serdar Turhan and Pusula Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Chairman of the Board Muhammed Yarız were arrested.
Arrest warrants were also issued for Namık Kemal Gökalp, Altunç Kumova and İbrahim Bekçi. Enver Çevik and Kemal Akkaya, who had been detained, were released after giving statements to prosecutors.
Doğa Sigorta Chairman of the Board Nihat Kırmızı and Tera Yatırım board members Bülent Uygun and Abdulkadir Özkan were also arrested after being referred to court.
Arrest warrants were also issued for 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, who had previously been referred to court. Three suspects were placed under judicial control.
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