Seçil Erzan revealed a name in her defense that will be much talked about! She had never mentioned it before...

The fraud case involving former Denizbank branch manager Seçil Erzan, who collected money from many people in the worlds of sports and business under the guise of the 'Fatih Terim Fund' with promises of high returns, continues to remain on Turkey's agenda.

Seçil Erzan, who faces a total of up to 252 years in prison for the crimes of 'qualified fraud' and 'forgery of private documents', appeared before the judge for the second time yesterday (January 12).

Following a 13-hour hearing in the fraud case that has become the talk of Turkey, the court panel announced its interim decision, ruling that the detained defendants remain in custody and adjourning the hearing to January 15.

SEÇİL ERZAN REVEALED A NAME SHE HAD NEVER MENTIONED BEFORE

Erzan, who could not hold back her tears at times during her defense in court, revealed a name she had never mentioned until now in her previous statements.

According to 10 Haber, Erzan stated that a person named "Emirhan”, who works as a consultant at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, invested money in the fund through businessman Atilla Baltaş, who was said to be the first complainant.

Seçil Erzan began her defense by stating that she “lost 1 million lira in the stock market between July 2010 and November 2011.” She said that she started at the Florya Branch in December 2011, and to replace this money, she received help with factoring from Metin Taş, whom she met by chance and knew from Çorlu.

Stating that she realized Metin Taş had bad intentions, but that she sold her grandmother's house in Florya and took out a loan for her brother to cover her deficit, thus trying to multiply the money, Erzan said she was able to cover part of her debt at that time by buying and selling and participating in public offerings. Erzan, who later said she asked businessman Atilla Baltaş for help to talk to those who caused her speculative stock to crash, and that Baltaş found her loans which she then used, explained that her cousin Tanın Yılmaz opened a 200 thousand TL deposit account, later withdrew the money and gave it to his wife Merve, that his wife used this money in trade, and that this money later came to her as 93 thousand euros to be evaluated in private banking.

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News Source: 12punto