New arrest decisions have been issued in the investigations conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into transactions carried out in the capital market. While 6 of the 8 detained suspects were arrested, judicial control provisions were applied to 2 suspects.
Following their procedures at the police station and health checks, the suspects were referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan. After their statements to the prosecutor, Enis Bulut and Burak Gökçe were arrested last night; Ethem Bulut Beytorun, Gürkan Parlakaç, Özdemir Uçar, and Mustafa Dedik were arrested this morning.
NUMBER OF ARRESTS RISES TO 51
It was learned that Kadir Boy and Ecem Tuğçe Akçay were released with judicial control conditions. With the latest decisions, the number of people arrested within the scope of the investigations has risen to 51.
HOW DID THE INVESTIGATION START?
The investigation is being conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau. In the memorandum sent by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to MASAK on September 17, it was stated 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 their subsidiaries, were requested.
The memorandum requested the identification of the company executives' full identities and that all international money and crypto asset transfers, as well as all cash inflows and outflows made since 2024, be transmitted to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office as raw data. Within the scope of the investigation, arrest warrants had previously been issued for numerous executives linked to the Tera and Pusula groups.
News Source: 12punto
