Arrest request for 20 suspects in fund investigation

A new phase has been reached in the investigation regarding capital market transactions conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Investigation Bureau.

The police procedures for the 20 suspects detained within the scope of the investigation have been completed. The suspects, who underwent health checks, were brought to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan.

Following their statements at the prosecutor's office, all 20 suspects were referred to the criminal judgeship of peace with a request for arrest.

The names of the suspects referred to the judgeship were announced as follows:

Ali Serhat Tüzün, Ali Yöney, Alper Tunga Sagu Burak, Burak Sevindik, Fırat Kerim Ersoy, Gökhan Koçyiğit, Gürsel Akça, İdris Çakır, Jeremy Etienne Debost, Tahir Fatih Mutlu, Mücahit Acaralp, Nil Özalp, Tuncer Köklü, Yasemin Yavuz Koçyiğit, Ali Göl, Hüseyin Emre Güner, İhsan Çimen, Mesut Yalım, Osman Sungur and Erol Demirbaş.

HOW DID THE INVESTIGATION BEGIN?

In the memorandum sent by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to MASAK on September 17, it was requested that financial data regarding the executives of Pusula Finans Holding AŞ, Tera Yatırım Menkul Değerler AŞ, Hedef Holding AŞ, and Bulls Yatırım Menkul Değerler AŞ, as well as the subsidiaries of these companies, be provided.

The memorandum requested the identification of the company executives and that all money inflows and outflows, as well as money and crypto asset transfers made abroad since 2024, be sent to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office as raw data.

In the investigation, names including Tera Yatırım Holding Chairman of the Board Emre Tezmen, board members Emre Alkin and Kerem Alkin, Tera Portföy General Manager Alper Öztürk, Pusula Holding Chairman of the Board Serdar Turhan, and Pusula Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Chairman of the Board Muhammed Yarız had previously been arrested.

In the continuation of the file, arrest warrants were issued for 53 suspects, including Tera Yatırım CEO Emir Münir Sarpyener and Tera Portföy Chairman of the Board Erdin Özel, and it was reported that the number of detainees in the investigation had reached 65.

News Source: 12punto