Final act in the 'high-yield secret fund' promise: Decision on bank executives in the Seçil Erzan case
A new development has occurred in the case of former Denizbank branch manager Seçil Erzan, who is being tried for allegedly defrauding numerous people from the worlds of sports and business under the name of the ‘Fatih Terim Fund’. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued a decision of non-prosecution in the investigation launched against Denizbank executives upon the complaint of Seçil Erzan.
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The fraud case in which former Denizbank branch manager Seçil Erzan allegedly collected money from many people in the sports and business worlds under the name of the ‘Fatih Terim Fund’ with the promise of high returns continues to remain on the agenda.
In the case opened following Seçil Erzan's accusations against the Denizbank management regarding deprivation of liberty, destruction, concealment, or alteration of evidence, and shielding a criminal, the prosecutor's office issued a decision of non-prosecution on the grounds that the legal elements of these alleged crimes were not met.
INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN LAUNCHED AGAINST DENIZBANK EXECUTIVES
According to the report in Patronlar Dünyası; Erzan had claimed that she was taken from her home in Çorlu and held at the Denizbank General Directorate building in Zincirlikuyu, where she was allegedly given a serum by General Manager Hakan Ateş and some bank executives and pressured “to say that she did this business outside the bank.”
Following these allegations by Seçil Erzan, the prosecutor's office had launched an investigation into Denizbank executives, including General Manager Hakan Ateş, for the crimes of ‘deprivation of liberty’, 'destruction, concealment, and alteration of evidence', and 'shielding a criminal'.
Within the scope of the investigation, the prosecutor's office had taken the statements of the Denizbank executives named by Seçil Erzan and eyewitnesses.
The investigation process conducted by the prosecutor's office has concluded.
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE ISSUED A DECISION OF NON-PROSECUTION
In the investigation file, it was stated that the allegations put forward by Seçil Erzan;
Regarding the ‘crime of deprivation of liberty’, it did not reflect the truth based on the obtained messages and witness statements, and that Seçil Erzan had come to the bank building in Zincirlikuyu from her home in Çorlu of her own volition; regarding the ‘crime of destruction, concealment, and alteration of evidence’, no definitive and convincing evidence could be obtained at this stage to confirm the allegations; and regarding the ‘crime of shielding a criminal’, no action was found indicating that Seçil Erzan was shielded by Denizbank executives.
As a result of the investigation, the prosecutor's office issued a decision of non-prosecution on the grounds that the legal elements of the accusations made by Seçil Erzan against the Denizbank executives were not met.
Furthermore, the Prosecutor's Office issued the same decision regarding the accusations of "destruction of evidence" and "shielding a criminal" made by five other complainants, including "Selçuk İnan and Musa Mert Çetin". In the non-prosecution decision, it was stated that there was no evidence other than the allegations regarding the charges, and it was also emphasized that the bank had submitted the necessary information through reports.