Flash statements from Selçuk İnan, who testified in the 'Fatih Terim fund' case: 'I am owed 1 million 535 thousand US dollars'

The testimony of Gaziantep FK Manager Selçuk İnan, one of the complainants in the case currently being heard at the Istanbul 41st High Criminal Court, was taken at the Gaziantep 3rd High Criminal Court.

In his testimony, İnan stated that he had known the defendant Seçil Erzan since 2011, when she was the branch manager of Denizbank in Florya, and that a relationship of trust had developed between them because she handled his banking transactions.

Noting that Erzan told him about a corporate fund at Denizbank managed by bank executives Hakan Ateş and Mehmet Aydoğdu, İnan explained that Erzan informed him he would receive a profit share if he invested money in this fund.

In his testimony, where he stated that he withdrew money from 3 banks, including Denizbank, and invested a total of 3 million 685 thousand US dollars into this fund in 3 installments, İnan said that he withdrew the money from Denizbank together with the defendant Erzan.

Noting that the withdrawn money was filled into bags in front of the bank tellers and transferred to Erzan's vehicle, İnan said, "I also delivered a portion of the money to Erzan in her office. The deputy manager, defendant Asiye Öztürk, was also with her. I was told that this money would be taken to the Denizbank headquarters and that the fund was there. I delivered the money entirely inside the bank.

She returned 2 million 150 thousand US dollars to me over time as fund returns. I am still owed 1 million 535 thousand US dollars from the principal I invested. I paid this money due to the trust I had in the bank and in Hakan Ateş and Mehmet Aydoğdu, who managed the fund." he stated.

İnan reported that he also received official documents with wet signatures and stamps from Erzan in her capacity as branch manager regarding the money he invested, and that he submitted these documents to the case file, adding, "After Erzan did not answer her phone for 6 months and stalled us by saying 'today, tomorrow' despite all our requests, we realized that the money we had paid had been embezzled.

In the meantime, according to information we received from Erzan's cousin, bank executives Hakan Ateş, Mehmet Aydoğdu, and others kept Erzan with them for days, took all the files from her hands, and made her provide a one-sided statement to the inspector's report to save themselves from responsibility.

They made her give statements to the bank inspectors here, providing a one-sided declaration to save themselves and the bank from responsibility. The bank, Hakan Ateş, and Mehmet Aydoğdu are trying to escape responsibility in this way." he said.

Claiming that Erzan, Ateş, and Aydoğdu embezzled the money together and that he does not believe Erzan could have committed this crime alone, İnan said, "If Erzan had not been the Denizbank branch manager, I would never have delivered this money. My official, wet-signed documents are already available. I want my losses to be compensated. I am filing a complaint against Erzan and all bank officials." he said.

Following his testimony, İnan stated that he did not consent to the application of effective remorse provisions for the defendant.

The court sent İnan's testimony, which was taken in the presence of his lawyer, to the Istanbul 41st High Criminal Court, where the main case is being heard.

FROM THE INDICTMENT

The indictment prepared by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office notes that defendant Seçil Erzan worked as a manager at a bank branch in Levent and told complainant Bülent Çeviker that she would return the 2 million dollars she took from him based on a personal relationship of trust, promising high profits.

The indictment states that written documents were given to the complainant Çeviker in exchange for the money, but later, when Çeviker tried to reach Erzan, he could not, reported the situation to the bank, an investigation was conducted by the bank, and a criminal complaint was filed against Erzan.

The indictment, which explains that Erzan convinced complainants from various professions, including footballers and business people, to invest money in this fund by telling them that there was a reliable fund with high returns and that well-known public figures such as Fatih Terim and Hakan Ateş were involved in this fund, states that it was determined that no such fund actually existed.

The indictment records that Erzan created fake documents regarding the money given by the complainants, stamped them with the bank's seal, signed them with a wet signature, delivered them to the complainants, and acted with the intent to defraud.

DEFENDANT ERZAN FACES 77 TO 252 YEARS IN PRISON

Following the main indictment, which requested a prison sentence of 69 to 226 years for the crimes of "forgery of private documents" and "qualified fraud by persons who are merchants or company managers or acting on behalf of a company, during their commercial activities, or by cooperative managers within the scope of the cooperative's activities," the prison sentence requested for Erzan increased with the new indictment prepared.

Erzan is requested to be sentenced to 77 to 252 years in prison.

In the indictment, it is requested that the defendants Ali Yörük, Kerem Can, Hüseyin Eligül, Nazlı Can, Atilla Yörük, and Asiye Öztürk be sentenced to prison for 3 to 85 years for the same crimes.

News Source: AA