He wanted to benefit from effective remorse: The testimony of Dilan Polat and Engin Polat's lawyer Ahmet Gün has emerged

Details have emerged from the testimony given to the prosecutor by Ahmet Gün, the lawyer for the Polat couple, who was arrested in the Dilan and Engin Polat investigation into money laundering, and who sought to benefit from effective remorse.

"ENGİN POLAT IS ALSO AWARE THAT THESE ARE FAKE FIRMS"

In his testimony, Gün stated, "I have been the financial advisor for the companies belonging to the Polats, who are suspects in the investigation, for 3-4 years. Until about 2 years ago, they could not pay their accounting fees, or they would pay them late. The companies under investigation, Fekben Plastik Gıda San. Tic. Anonim Şirketi, Byzgun Güzellik Kozmetik İthalat ve İhracat San. Tic. A.Ş, and Tekbaşer Metal San. Mamulleri Tic. A.Ş, were established for the purpose of issuing fake invoices. Sezgin Polat had these firms transferred for the purpose of issuing fake invoices. Engin Polat is also aware that these are fake firms that issue bogus invoices. These firms also issued fake invoices to companies named Dipomed Medikal Kozmetik İth. İhr. San. Tic. A.Ş, Rise and Shine, and DP Güzellik A.Ş. The sales of the Rise and Shine firm appeared very high; therefore, invoices were issued from the companies in liquidation to this firm and the others I mentioned for padding purposes." It was learned that he said, "As far as I remember, Engin Polat told me in a phone conversation that the turnover of the Rise and Shine firm had reached 80 million TL this month, and I said to him, 'Mashallah, you have made good sales,' but a month later, when we reached the declaration date, a sales amount between 40 and 45 million TL, half of the amount, was brought to me from this firm. They had canceled about half of the 80 million TL invoices, so 40-45 million TL worth of invoices were sent to me."

"MONEY OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN MAY HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED INTO THE SYSTEM"

Stating, "The goods subject to cancellation may not have reached the end consumer via the internet or other means, but the payments for these canceled invoices are coming into the Rise and Shine accounts through the distributor firm after the commission is deducted," Ahmet Gün said in his testimony, "There is a large amount of money inflow here that does not correspond to goods. I suspect that the source of this money could be betting or other money laundering, but these are things that will emerge as a result of analysis. In other words, there is a large amount of money movement of unknown origin entering these companies' accounts in exchange for canceled invoices, but I have doubts about whether this is betting or another form of money laundering. After November 2022, money of unknown origin may have been introduced into the system by canceling invoices for such large sales.

I have shared the matters I know here in order to benefit from the provisions of effective remorse. I want to benefit from the provisions of effective remorse; furthermore, because I am under arrest, transactions regarding declarations cannot be carried out in my office, and the reason for this is the letter from the Ministry of Finance Revenue Administration dated 16/08/2016. For this reason, I want to be tried without arrest, I want to be placed under judicial control, and I am ready to provide all kinds of assistance to the law enforcement forces under the coordination of the prosecutor's office in the subsequent stages of the investigation."