MASAK places social media influencers Dilan Polat and her husband Engin Polat under close surveillance: Suspicious transactions detected!

The Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) has prepared a report on Dilan Polat and her husband Engin Polat, who are facing numerous allegations including money laundering and tax evasion. According to the report, a large portion of the companies from which Polat-linked firms purchased goods consisted of suppliers connected to them. MASAK determined that these suppliers were, in fact, companies with no real purchase of goods, no tax filings, no employees, no banking activity, and records of issuing fake documents.

According to the report by Mustafa Sait Özkan from Sabah, it was emphasized that the transactions carrying strong suspicion of being fraudulent exceed 200 million liras, and that the revenue obtained was withdrawn as cash and deposited into their personal accounts and the company belonging to Engin Polat to purchase luxury vehicles and real estate. MASAK assessed that this could constitute the crime of laundering assets derived from criminal activity. In the report sent to the prosecutor's office, MASAK recommended that the bank, crypto asset, and electronic money institution transactions of Polat and her husband be suspended.

EVEN HER GRANDMOTHER IS UNDER SURVEILLANCE!

Among the most striking allegations is that the companies of Polat and her relatives are managed from a single source and that they are laundering criminal proceeds through these companies. Among the names under MASAK's scrutiny are 8 individuals: Dilan Polat, her husband Engin Polat, Engin Polat's father Sezgin Polat, his brother Alper Kürşat Polat, her grandmother Zehra Yılmaz, her uncle's wife Nilgül Yılmaz, and Dilan Polat's siblings Can Doğu and Sinem Sıla Doğu.

16 COMPANIES IN 46 PROVINCES

According to the investigation, there are a total of 16 companies owned or co-owned by Dilan Polat and the 7 other individuals, operating in the fields of beauty and cosmetics, aesthetic and health services, engineering, construction, and jewelry. The report, which highlights that Polat's beauty center operates in 46 provinces, noted that cosmetic products were sold on their own websites and through online marketplaces.

OVER 500 MILLION FROM ONLINE SALES

It was determined that more than 500 million liras of the money transfers coming into the accounts of the related companies originated from POS payments from banks and the payment institution IYZICO, as well as online sales. The report stated that a vast majority of the income of the companies under investigation consisted of expenditures made by individuals purchasing goods online via credit cards.

250 MILLION LIRAS WITHDRAWN IN CASH

According to the findings, a large portion of the amounts collected in these companies was withdrawn in cash by individuals who have kinship and employment relationships with the Polat family. Almost all of the cash withdrawn was deposited by the same individuals, often on the same day, either into the personal bank account of Dilan Polat's husband, Engin Polat, or into the bank accounts of Milda Gayrimenkul Otomotiv Sanayi, a company where Engin Polat is the sole owner and manager. The amount subject to this cash deposit and withdrawal scheme is approximately 250 million liras.

LUXURY VEHICLES AND REAL ESTATE

It was stated that Engin Polat and the Milda Gayrimenkul Otomotiv company made numerous luxury vehicle and real estate purchases, and that the amounts accumulated in the accounts of Polat and her company through cash deposits were directed toward the purchase of real estate and vehicles.

NO BANKING ACTIVITIES

In the report, when looking at the goods purchases of these companies that sell and generate income through electronic commerce, it was seen that a large portion of the purchases were made from suppliers who were somehow connected to the target individuals. According to the report, it was emphasized that these suppliers were actually institutions with no real purchase of goods, no tax filings, no employees, no banking activity, and records of issuing fake documents, and that the total of these goods purchases, which carry strong suspicion of being fraudulent, exceeds 200 million.

"COULD CONSTITUTE MONEY LAUNDERING"

It was assessed that fake documents might be being used to reduce the tax base for the corporate income generated by Dilan Polat and her associates, particularly through online sales. It was noted that withdrawing the obtained revenue as cash, removing it from corporate accounts, and then depositing it as cash into their personal accounts and the corporate accounts of Milda Gayrimenkul, owned by Engin Polat, to purchase luxury vehicles and real estate could constitute the crime of laundering assets derived from criminal activity.

REQUEST TO SUSPEND BANKING TRANSACTIONS

MASAK left the decision to impose a seizure on the assets of Engin Polat and Sezgin Polat to the prosecutor's office. However, it assessed that it would be appropriate to suspend the transactions of Dilan Polat, Engin Polat, Sezgin Polat, and Milda Gayrimenkul Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret at banks, payment and electronic money institutions, and crypto asset service providers.

News Source: 12punto