New indictment against Seçil Erzan: She named two individuals, accused them of loan sharking

A new development has occurred regarding Seçil Erzan, who is being held in custody in connection with the high-interest foreign currency fund case known publicly as the Fatih Terim Fund.

'LOAN SHARKS' BECOME COMPLAINANTS

According to a report by Fahrettin Öztürk from Cumhuriyet, while the trial of Seçil Erzan continues at the Istanbul 41st High Criminal Court, the investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office is also ongoing. In the new indictment prepared by the prosecutor's office in light of new complaints and emerging evidence, Mojtaba Haghani and Hüseyin Aslan, whom Seçil Erzan claimed had demanded large sums of money from her by engaging in 'loan sharking', have been included as 'complainant-suspects'.

'SHE DECEIVED THEM AND TOOK THEIR MONEY'

In its assessment, the prosecutor's office noted that Seçil Erzan deceived the suspect-complainants Haghani and Aslan by telling them there was a special high-yield fund within Denizbank, convincing them to invest in the fund, and defrauded them by taking 200 thousand dollars from Haghani and 2 million dollars from Aslan. The indictment states that in the subsequent process, the relationship between the parties went beyond a banker-customer relationship, and that Seçil Erzan borrowed money from Haghani and Aslan in exchange for profit when she had an urgent need for credit.

'HE KNEW BUT WAS LENDING MONEY WITH INTEREST'

The indictment includes statements from Erzan such as, "Süleyman Aslan is a major loan shark. He has repeatedly taken interest from me in exchange for money until now. I received 10 million TL from the loan shark named Süleyman Aslan, together with Moci. I paid it back as 14 million TL." Regarding Mojtaba Haghani, the indictment includes her statement: "Moci knew that the money he gave me was never being invested legally in the bank. Despite this, he would bring me money from time to time and take it back in a short time with 40 percent interest."

HE COULD NOT GET HIS PRINCIPAL BACK

The indictment also includes Mojtaba Haghani's statement that Seçil Erzan borrowed 10 million TL from Aslan with a repayment of 14 million TL, that he personally received this money and took it to Seçil Erzan's residence, and that although Erzan would give him 100 thousand dollars from time to time, he could not get back his own principal of 200 thousand dollars. The indictment further notes that Süleyman Aslan also declared that he had given large sums of money to Erzan on multiple occasions. Both complainant-suspects denied the accusations against them in their statements included in the indictment.

NUMBER OF COMPLAINANTS AND DEFENDANTS WILL INCREASE

The prosecutor's office requested that Seçil Erzan be sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison for "qualified fraud" against Mojtaba Haghani and Süleyman Aslan, while requesting that the complainant-suspects Mojtaba Haghani and Süleyman Aslan each be sentenced to 2 to 6 years in prison for the crime of "loan sharking". If the new indictment, which includes a request for consolidation, is accepted by the court, both the amount of the sentence requested for Seçil Erzan will increase and the number of complainants and defendants in the case will rise.

OVER 300 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT SOUGHT

More than 300 years of imprisonment are being sought for the former manager of Denizbank's Florya branch, Seçil Erzan, on charges of "forgery of private documents" and "qualified fraud," with allegations that she defrauded 29 people, including famous names such as Fatih Terim, Arda Turan, Fernando Muslera, and Emre Belözoğlu, of 25 million dollars and 7 million 384 thousand liras under the promise of a high-yield secret fund.

News Source: 12punto