Developments in the Seçil Erzan case: Fatih Terim becomes the 29th victim

A new development has occurred in the trial of Branch Manager Seçil Erzan, who is accused of defrauding 28 people, including well-known footballers Arda Turan, Fernando Muslera, Emre Belözoğlu, and Selçuk İnan, of approximately 25 million dollars and 7 million 384 thousand liras by claiming there was a reliable fund with high returns and that names like Fatih Terim were also included in this fund.

While Fatih Terim has emerged as a victim in the case, an indictment requesting consolidation has been prepared by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

"I HAVE NO CONNECTION, CLOSE OR DISTANT, TO THE MENTIONED FUND"

In the indictment, which includes the statement of complainant Fatih Terim, it is noted that Terim said: "I have been a football manager for many years. I have been resting for the last year. I have known Seçil Erzan for about 5-6 years. I have been a customer of the bank for 11 years. I have never in my life gone to the Florya or Levent branches of the bank. When I need money, I ask my relatives and family friends.

They go and withdraw the money from the bank when necessary and bring it to me. When I needed to sign certain documents, Seçil Erzan would sometimes come to me at the facilities in Florya to get my signature. I have even signed documents when she came to my house. I have no connection, close or distant, to the mentioned fund. No one has ever asked me for any money for this fund until now.

I never gave any money to Seçil Erzan regarding this fund. On April 6, I messaged Rüya Hanım, who works at the bank, to find out what was happening in my account. When I heard about the Seçil Erzan incident, I got angry at the bank and asked for all my money in the bank to be transferred to my wife Fulya Terim's account at another bank. I determined that 219 thousand 300 dollars and 47 thousand 400 liras had arrived in my wife's account, but 3 million dollars have still not been sent.

I am filing a complaint against Rüya Hanım because they still have not given me this money. I think that many banking transactions like this have been carried out against me, but my good intentions have been abused. I am filing a complaint against Seçil Erzan, who has been handling my banking transactions until now, Rüya Hanım, and the bank employees who committed irregularities in my transactions."

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ALTHOUGH 2 ITEMS OF RECEIVABLES WERE IN TERİM'S EXCEL TABLE, 1 MORE ITEM WAS ADDED

In the prepared indictment, it was reported that suspect Seçil Erzan had managed all of Fatih Terim's banking transactions, both large and small, for many years; that on April 6, 2023, complainant Fatih Terim had requested information by meeting with bank official suspect Rüya Sağır, who was tasked with covering for suspect Seçil Erzan, who was on administrative leave; and that subsequently, although the Excel table created regarding the complainant's accounts at the bank contained two items of receivables amounting to 219 thousand 300 dollars and 47 thousand 400 liras (TL deposit), another item of receivable in the form of 'e-safekeeping o/n 3,000,000 USD', which was not held by the bank, was added to this table.

IT WAS STATED THAT THEY MADE A MANUAL ADDITION DESPITE IT NOT BEING IN THE ACCOUNT MOVEMENTS

In the prepared indictment, it was noted that, in summary, from the statement taken from suspect Rüya Sağır, she confessed that she had contacted Seçil Erzan before giving information to complainant Terim and added 3 million dollars more to the table upon Erzan's instruction; and from Erzan's statement, in summary, her confession that she had acted as a financial advisor to complainant Terim for many years and had received 300 dollars in cash; and considering these together with the documents submitted by the complainant regarding the visual that the suspects sent to the complainant by making a manual addition despite it not being in the complainant's account movements, it was recorded that the suspects defrauded complainant Fatih Terim by acting in unity of thought and action.

If the prepared indictment requesting consolidation is accepted, the number of victims will rise from 28 to 29, including Fatih Terim.

News Source: 12punto