22.03.2025 17:00
As part of the corruption investigation into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, it was revealed that assets worth 15 million lira were found in seized bank safes belonging to 7 suspects, including Murat Ongun, the Chairman of the Board of Media AŞ, upon the instruction of the prosecutor's office.
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The investigation initiated by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) President Ekrem İmamoğlu and 99 suspects for the crimes of "being a leader of a criminal organization," "being a member of a criminal organization," "extortion," "bribery," "qualified fraud," "illegally obtaining personal data," and "interfering with a tender" is ongoing.
15 MILLION LIRA WORTH OF ASSETS WERE FOUND IN THE SEIZED SAFE
As part of the investigation, the safes belonging to suspects, including Murat Ongun, Chairman of the Board of Media AŞ, were opened by the teams of the Financial Crimes Unit of the Istanbul Police Department under the instruction of the prosecutor's office. Assets worth 15 million lira were found in the safes.
WHAT HAPPENED?
As part of the corruption investigation against IMM, it was determined that among the suspects, Murat Ongun had 2 safes, advertiser and textile businessman Hüseyin Köksal had 1, Tuncay Yılmaz, General Manager of İmamoğlu Construction and SSB Real Estate, had 2, Ertan Yıldız, Chairman of IMM Subsidiaries, had 2, Fatih Keleş, General Manager of IMM Sports, had 1, Murat Kapki, owner of BVA company, had 2, and fugitive suspect Emrah Bağdatlı had 1 safe. Under the instruction of the prosecutor's office, the teams of the Financial Crimes Unit of the Istanbul Police Department conducted search and seizure activities on the bank safes.
Source: AA / İHA
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