5 new victims emerge in the Seçil Erzan case. New indictment prepared

Five new victims have emerged in the case of Branch Manager Seçil Erzan, who is accused of defrauding 21 people, including well-known footballers Arda Turan, Fernando Muslera, Emre Belözoğlu, and Selçuk İnan, of approximately 25 million dollars and 7 million 384 thousand liras by claiming there was a reliable fund with high returns and that names like Fatih Terim were also involved in this fund.

With the acceptance of the indictments filed by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office with a request for consolidation, the number of victims rose from 21 to 26. Kaan Sinih, Sevgil Sinih, Tursun Sinih, Hacer Çorbacı, and Hasan Çorbacı were included in the indictments as 'complainants'.

"THE LOSS DOES NOT MATTER"

In the prepared indictment, it was noted that complainants Hacer and Hasan Çorbacı lived in Tekirdağ and made their living as street vendors, that there was an acquaintance between Erzan and the complainants because Erzan's father was also a street vendor, that Erzan convinced the complainants by calling them and saying she would invest their savings in a secret fund, that they transferred a total of 1 million 900 thousand liras to the account of one of the defendants, Hüseyin Eligül, and that they filed a complaint after realizing they had been defrauded.

In the indictment, which also includes the statement of complainant Hasan Çorbacı, it was stated that he said, "In 2022, I requested money from Erzan to buy a plot of land; she told me, 'Brother, if you withdraw your money, you will suffer a very large loss.'

I said, 'The loss does not matter,' and asked her to send my money. After that date, I could not reach her again when I called. She stalled me by writing things like 'I am in a presentation' or 'I am in a meeting.' In the following days, I saw that the events had come to light and realized that I had been defrauded."

"I HAVE NO DEBT"

It was recorded that Erzan, in her statement, said, "I know Hacer and Hasan Çorbacı because they are street vendors; I have never received money from them under the name of a fund or any other name until now. They only performed some legal transactions at the bank. I have no debt to them."

In the indictment, it was stated that Erzan deceived the complainants by telling them she would make investments and convinced them to deposit money into the fund, and that Erzan committed fraud by receiving a total of 125 thousand liras from the complainants while acting in unity of thought and action with one of the defendants, Hüseyin Eligül.

THEY REALIZED THEY WERE DEFRAUDED FROM THE NEWS

In the indictment, it was stated that Erzan deceived complainants Kaan Sinih, Sevgil Sinih, and Tursun Sinih from the beginning and convinced them to deposit money into the fund, and that she defrauded them by taking a total of 2 million 250 thousand liras and 150 thousand dollars from them.

The indictment stated that the complainants met Erzan through friends, and that Erzan convinced the complainants that it was a state-supported fund and suggested that they not mention it to anyone, thus defrauding them. It was also noted that when the complainants wanted to withdraw their money, they saw the news about Erzan reflected in the media and realized in this way that they had been defrauded.

On the other hand, with the acceptance of the indictments, the prison sentence requested for Seçil Erzan has increased to 275 years.