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Enes Ateş, the son of the fugitive suspect and former president of the Yunus Emre Foundation, Şeref Ateş, has been arrested as part of an investigation into allegations that the foundation was defrauded through fake invoices issued by shell companies.
A new development has occurred in the investigation into former executives of the Yunus Emre Institute, affiliated with the Yunus Emre Foundation, who allegedly generated illicit gains by issuing fake invoices, a case in which 8 people have already been arrested.
As part of the investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, E.A., the son of the fugitive former foundation president Şeref Ateş, for whom a detention warrant had been issued, was taken into custody in Istanbul.
It was determined that the suspect E.A. was the person who established some of the shell companies mentioned in the criminal complaint filed by the General Directorate of Foundations' Board of Inspectors, and that he later transferred these companies to other suspects.
Following the completion of his processing, Enes Ateş was arrested and sent to prison.
WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had launched an investigation following a criminal complaint by the General Directorate of Foundations' Board of Inspectors alleging that the Yunus Emre Foundation had been defrauded through fake invoices obtained from shell companies.
The prosecutor's office, which launched an investigation into charges of "embezzlement," "breach of trust due to service," "rigging the performance of an act," "forgery," "qualified fraud," and "laundering of assets derived from crime," had issued detention warrants for 15 people, including former employees of the institution, 11 of whom were apprehended.
Of the 11 suspects taken into custody, 8 were arrested.
News Source: 12punto
