4 z in Halk TV owner Cafer Mahiroğlu investigation

The proceedings of the 12 suspects, who were referred to the courthouse after being detained within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against the suspect Cafer Mahiroğlu for the crimes of "bribery", "tender rigging" and "laundering of criminal assets", were completed at the criminal judgeship of peace.

The Criminal Court of Peace decided to arrest the suspects Harika Akkaya, Murat Koçak, Süleyman Özen and Mehmet Necati Yağcı.

The judge ruled to impose "house arrest" on the other suspects, Erkan Yağcı, Hasan Özdemir, İbrahim Özdemir and Mustafa Özdemir, and to impose judicial control measures on Ali Turan, Armağan Küçük, Mediha Burumoğlu and Halit Akın.

In the statement, it was stated that, in line with the statements and records within the scope of the file, it was determined that an unregistered bribe payment of 14 million 464 thousand liras was made in connection with the tender processes, that payments were made at exorbitant prices above the tender prices for the works received through the relevant company, and that the income obtained was transferred to companies that belonged to the suspect or were considered to be related to the suspect.

In addition, it was stated in the statement that the money transfers made abroad through the companies of which Mahiroğlu is a manager were also examined, and high-volume foreign currency-based transactions were detected regarding the relevant financial movements. It was stated that in the examination of the personal bank accounts of Mahiroğlu and his first-degree relatives and the accounts of companies with which he has partnership or management relations, international SWIFT money transfers of high amounts were found, and it was understood that there were inconsistencies between asset acquisitions and declared income.

Source: TRT Haber Açık RSS (Gündem) (Open Press / Translated Full Text)