Testimony of arrested couple Neslim and İnanç Güngen revealed: He blames his wife

Officers from the Istanbul Police Department's Financial Crimes Investigation Branch placed numerous individuals under close surveillance as part of an investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. While MASAK reports, the bank account activities of the influencers, and the individuals they were connected to were being examined extensively, an operation was carried out against beauty center owner Neslim Güngen, who frequently shared images of her luxury consumption on her social media account, and her husband İnanç Güngen.

During the operation, 65 people were detained, and 45 people whose procedures at the police station were completed were referred to the courthouse. 20 people were released upon the instruction of the prosecutor's office.

Seventeen people, including Neslihan and İnanç Güngen, who were detained and referred to the courthouse within the scope of the 'money laundering' and 'forgery of official documents' investigation, were arrested by the Criminal Court of Peace.

NESLİM GÜNGEN: “ALL OUR BUSINESS AND TRANSACTIONS ARE TRANSPARENT”

The testimonies of some of the suspects referred to the courthouse, including Neslim Güngen, her husband İnanç Güngen, a tax inspector, and some employees, were obtained. Accordingly, it was learned that regarding the tax inspector who allegedly called her repeatedly to request an off-the-record meeting, Neslim Güngen said in her testimony, “He holds meetings with tax inspectors at the tax office. I did not have an off-the-record meeting with him.”

In her statement to the police, Güngen also denied all allegations against her, saying, “All the work and transactions we do are transparent. Every institution of the state can come and audit us.” It was also learned that Güngen stated in some conversations during physical surveillance that she was in a relationship with Gökhan Göz, who is known as a money handler.

EMPLOYEES REFUTE GÜNGEN’S CLAIM OF TRANSPARENT TRANSACTIONS

It emerged that Güngen’s detained employees refuted her in their testimonies. The employees revealed that they knew some of the drugs and cosmetic materials used in the beauty centers were subject to recall orders, that the materials threatened public health, that liquids with no cosmetic content were sold as Botox at high prices, and that the drugs had side effects that could result in death, but that Neslim Güngen forced them to do all of this.

İNANÇ GÜNGEN BLAMES NESLİM GÜNGEN

Furthermore, it was stated that İnanç Güngen denied all accusations in his testimony and blamed Neslim Güngen. İnanç Güngen said, “I was producing the devices, but Neslim was dealing with the documents. She was saying that she had registered them with the Ministry of Health. The company is in my name, but Neslim was dealing with all the work and operations.”

TAX INSPECTOR DENIES ALLEGATIONS

It was learned that the tax inspector, who was detained on the grounds that he repeatedly called Neslim Güngen to request an off-the-record meeting during the period he was assigned by MASAK, denied the allegations against him and said he did not make any financial demands. It emerged that the inspector said in his testimony, “We met for work; there were others with me when I went to the meeting.”

THERE ARE 746 COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM

It had been learned that Neslihan and İnanç Güngen caused 44 separate crimes of 'negligent injury' across the country with the devices they produced in violation of regulations, and that there were 746 complaints of a similar nature. Information was also obtained that findings were reached indicating that the Güngens engaged in acts aimed at laundering the proceeds of crime obtained from fraud during agreements made with other franchisees, and that an operational plan was therefore prepared.

THEY SOLD ORDINARY THREADS AS 'REJUVENATION THREADS'

On the other hand, it was learned that ordinary balls of yarn with no special properties and ordinary moisturizing creams bought from the market were labeled with the Neslim Güngen brand and marketed under names such as collagen thread treatment and rejuvenation thread, and that customers were victimized in this way. It was determined that the suspects demanded large sums of money from people who wanted to sign a franchise agreement under the name of franchise fees, and that payments were made not through bank channels but through the free transfer of movable or immovable property.

ACCOUNT ACTIVITY VOLUME IS 1.5 BILLION TL

It was learned that fake invoices were issued for sham commercial activities between the companies managed by Neslihan and İnanç Güngen, that the total volume of account movements between the companies was 1.5 billion TL, and that this activity, which is contrary to the ordinary flow of life, was aimed at laundering the proceeds of crime.