27.03.2026 09:05
Leyla Alaton, a member of the Board of Directors of Alarko Holding and President of Alvimedica, has initiated legal action, claiming that the professional managers working in the companies she owns have caused the organization to suffer financial losses in a planned manner.
Upon the complaint of businesswoman Leyla Alaton, a lawsuit was filed against 6 individuals accused of "laundering assets derived from crime" and "breach of trust."
In the indictment prepared by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was noted that an investigation was initiated based on Leyla Alaton's complaint. In her statement included in the indictment, Alaton stated that she hired Ahmet Özcan, who has a red notice against him, to professionally manage the Alvimedica group of companies she owns since 2015.
Alaton recounted that Özcan told her that the company's bank accounts were under threat of seizure due to credit debts, and that they could protect the profits obtained by selling products in the market through a third company from bank seizures and use them to pay off their debts.
Alaton also explained that she sold her company's products through Özcan's company named DNA Tourism, which was established solely for brokerage purposes, and that she and her son Efe Eros Güneyli, along with her employee Esengül Özsoy, realized that the profits were going to Özcan's DNA Tourism company, while all the losses were left on her own company, Tıbbi AŞ.
LEYLA ALATON'S SON REVEALED
Alaton reported that they were subjected to a cyber attack when her son, the heir, started coming to the company and began questioning issues that she had never questioned, entering a process where all information was deleted and they struggled to access data.
Alaton expressed that they understood that Özcan was behind this cyber attack, stating:
"Due to the precautions Özcan ignored and the server expenses he did not incur, I currently have a loss of 20 million dollars. This amount is only what we could identify due to the cyber attack. With the team he established inside and outside the company, he has convinced me not to engage with the so-called robber Cem Fadıl Bozkurt, who has a 1% share, and has threatened to blow everything up by officially extorting 12 million dollars from my companies while transferring the CID company in Italy and all foreign companies to himself for just 1 lira, while also convincing me to clean up the loss-making companies and return the profitable ones to me."
"HE DEVASTATED THE COMPANIES, WE ARE FACING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SALES LOSS"
Alaton stated that the documents related to the transfer of the companies were prepared by 4 employees, including Özcan, and that she signed the documents presented to her out of trust in them.
At this point, Alaton emphasized that Özcan contacted her through lawyer Bekir Ö. and asked for money for the companies he promised to transfer, stating, "He devastated the companies, we are facing millions of dollars in sales loss, most people are at the resignation stage. We still cannot fully access any data. Even in this situation, they have stolen money from the companies while making it look like they fired all the accomplices by paying them generously. I am a complainant against Ahmet Özcan, Eda Gürler Tuna, Özge Topuz, Bilgin Turcan, Musa Soylu, and Ebru Ünlü, who did this to me and my companies."
Alaton noted that to gain her trust, Özcan claimed the irregularities of the company's previous general manager, and tried to keep her away from the company by saying everything was fine in the company and that he should deal with the other company, Alarko Holding, stating that she did not understand the situation because she trusted the defendant.
Alaton expressed that since the suspect Özcan disappeared without transferring his powers while he had all signing authorities as of February 19, 2024, supplier payments, bank installments, principal payments, and all other processes have been frozen, stating that Özcan did not answer phone calls, they could not reach him, and he cut off communication by threatening to fire the employees of his company in Italy.
MONEY LAUNDERING REPORT
The indictment also included a report obtained from MASAK regarding the account movements of the suspect Özcan within the scope of the investigation.
The report stated that between 2020-2024, there was an inflow of 1 billion 350 million 725 thousand lira into Özcan's accounts, while there was an outflow of 136 million 301 thousand 577 lira.
The report also noted that there was a total outflow of 1 billion 881 million 326 thousand lira from the companies subject to the indictment, while there was an inflow of 13 million 946 thousand 445 lira, and that the differences between the figures were significant.
SUSPECT'S STATEMENT: I WANT THE VALUE OF MY LABOR
Suspect Ahmet Özcan, in his statement included in the indictment, claimed that the reason he did not return the companies was that, as someone who had worked there for years, he wanted to receive the value of his labor, asserting that Leyla Alaton had promised him in this regard.
Özcan denied transferring money to himself from the company accounts as alleged, stating that he decided to lay off the workers because they had issues with Alaton's son and he paid their legal rights.
Özcan also stated that he did not sell the products produced by the company, saying, "I requested 10 million dollars from them as the value of my labor to return the companies. If I receive this money, I will return the companies to them. I did not defraud anyone as mentioned."
"SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OBTAINED TO FILE A LAWSUIT"
The indictment stated that Özcan carried out money transfers that reduced the assets of the victim companies, and that suspect Ebru Ünlü had a very intense money transfer with Özcan according to the MASAK report.
The indictment emphasized that the simultaneous resignations of other suspects Bilgin Turcan, Ebru Ünlü, Eda Tuna, Musa Soylu, and Topuz, and their receiving payments from Alvimedica medical companies through a mediation contract were noteworthy and contrary to the natural course of life, and it was assessed that the suspects acted in unity of thought and action.
It was stated in the indictment that the suspects could not provide any documents or information to support themselves, and that their defenses made during the investigation phase were not taken into account, indicating that sufficient evidence had been obtained to file a lawsuit.
In the indictment, it was requested that the defendants be sentenced to imprisonment for 3 years and 6 months to 9 years for the crimes of "laundering assets derived from crime" and "breach of trust," and they are being tried in the Istanbul Heavy Penal Court.