09.07.2025 18:31
A significant decision has been made regarding the companies owned by Dilan and Engin Polat, who were released after being arrested on charges of "money laundering" and are facing up to 40 years in prison. With the new decision, the management of the companies has been transferred back to the Polat couple. However, the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) will closely monitor the companies as a supervisory trustee, and no expenses that have not been approved by the trustees will be allowed.
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Dilan and Engin Polat couple, along with 28 defendants, are being tried for 'establishing and managing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime', 'money laundering of assets derived from crime', and 'violating the law on the regulation of betting and gambling in football and other sports competitions', with prison sentences ranging from 20 to 40 years. In its interim decision, the court had ordered the release of detained defendants Engin Polat, Sezgin Polat, Alper Kürşat Polat, and Ahmet Gün.
SECRET WITNESS HEARD VIA SEGBIS In the hearing held at the Anadolu 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance, Engin Polat, Sezgin Polat, Ahmet Gün, Can Polat, and their lawyers were present in the courtroom. The hearing began with the secret witness being heard via SEGBIS.
"I AM A WITNESS THAT THEY WORKED TOGETHER" The secret witness, whose voice was altered during the SEGBIS hearing, stated, "I was involved in the illegal betting sector. As I mentioned to our first investigation prosecutor, we had acquaintances with Derkan Başer. I saw Engin Polat and Derkan Başer in Cyprus. I am a direct witness that they worked together. The Jasminbet site belongs to Derkan Başer. When Veysel Şahin was arrested, Derkan Başer took over the site. After 2018, Engin Polat and Derkan Başer started operating the betting site. In June 2018, Derkan Başer hosted me in Ukraine. When I went to Ukraine to see Derkan Başer, I witnessed his correspondence with Engin. I had also told our investigation prosecutor to examine Engin Polat. Derkan Başer is the owner of these operations. After 2018, Engin Polat worked with Derkan Başer on external financing. External financing is more comprehensive. It is integrated into the betting site, and money is deposited into accounts through those accounts. I mentioned this because I know they worked together. I do not know the defendants mentioned in the file; I have not seen them. I only know Engin Polat. Engin Polat worked in collaboration. All the rises started after 2018. At the end of June 2018, I met with Derkan Başer in Ukraine. Engin Polat was not there. I met with Engin Polat in April 2017 in Cyprus, on the upper floor of Veysel Şahin's office. After that, we did not have any face-to-face meetings. I am being heard in court for the first time. I am telling this for the first time. I can also present the correspondences I have. The reason I have kept the documents until now is that I wanted to say them when I was heard in court. I do not use any social media accounts," he said.
"WE DO NOT ACCEPT THE STATEMENTS OF THE SECRET WITNESS" In his defense against the secret witness's statement, Engin Polat said, "We do not accept the statements of the secret witness; it is all slander." Sezgin Polat also responded to the secret witness's statement, saying, "I do not accept the statements of the secret witness."
HEARING POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 12 After the break, the hearing continued. The court, announcing its interim decision, ruled to lift the trustee on the companies, deciding that the trustee would only be in charge of auditing. Additionally, the court decided to continue the precautionary measure on the defendants' assets and ruled to lift the precautionary measures placed on the assets of the defendants' first and second-degree relatives. The hearing was postponed to November 12.
TRUSTEE DECISION ON COMPANIES CHANGED On the other hand, in a statement made by the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) after the hearing, it was stated that the decisions of the Istanbul Anadolu Peace Criminal Courts appointing TMSF as the management trustee under Article 133 of the Criminal Procedure Code were lifted by the Anadolu 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance in today's hearing, and it was expressed that "The validity of the decisions and actions of the management body of the companies has been made dependent on the approval of the audit trustee, and TMSF has been appointed again as the audit trustee."
THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE AUDIT TRUSTEES As a requirement of the audit trustee decision, it was announced that from now on, the companies owned by the Dilan-Engin Polat couple will be managed by their owners, but they will continue to be audited by the audit trustees appointed by TMSF, and payments, for example, will not be made without their approvals. During the period when TMSF acted as a trustee, the companies were managed as prudent merchants in accordance with the legislation, a system was established in compliance with international accounting standards, off-the-books expenses were eliminated, and especially the public debts and obligations of the companies were fulfilled completely. The decision regarding the audit trusteeship will also be announced in the Trade Registry Gazette."
Source: AA / DHA
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