This is how the money was laundered, and it all ended with a casino player.

It has been revealed how the income obtained from the fraud, known as the Fatih Terim Fund, was laundered. According to the report prepared by the Financial Crimes Investigation Authority (MASAK), Ali, Asli and Atilla Yoruk transferred millions of liras and dollars between accounts through many suspicious transactions.

Did most of the money go to them? Considering the millions of dollars missing, the transactions conducted by the Euroks can only be a portion of it. At this point, we encounter another suspicious traffic: Bulgaria is traveling…

The Istanbul Police Department determined that Ali and Atilla Yoruk entered and left Bulgaria several times. This information was also published in the media. However, there is no information about why they left, neither in police documents nor in the prosecutor’s office. Ali and Attila Yuruk’s expressions include entertainment, shopping, etc. They claim that they went for this purpose.

However, Wall’s research on the car used by Ali Yoruk on his way to Bulgaria showed that it was linked to a casino owner who also had a construction company in Istanbul.

Now, let’s look at the chain of events one by one, starting with the MASAK report and extending to the casino in Bulgaria…

MASAK Report: How was money laundered?

The Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office, Terrorism and Organized Crime Investigation Bureau, wrote a letter to MASAK on April 27, 2023, requesting an examination of the suspects’ assets. MASAK also submitted the report it prepared as a result of its investigation to the Prosecutor’s Office on July 17, 2023. In the report, the “fake fund” of Cecil Erzan was accepted as a predicate offense and the movement of funds of the suspects Cecil Erzan, Ali Yürük, Atilla Yürük and Aslı was examined Yurok to understand whether the income obtained from it has been laundered. Since the other names in the case are complainants, they are not currently the subject of the innocence claim.

According to the case file, Ali Yoruk, who was asked to be sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud, collected money from businessmen and football players on behalf of Cecil Erzan. Erzan also stated in his statement that they acted with Ali Yürük and Yürük received a commission from the money collected as he wished. Therefore, Ali and Atilla Yoruk are the main figures in the incident.

What events support the suspicion of whitewashing in the Misak report?

According to the report, Ali Yoruk was a sales manager at Köşkdere Automotive between 2006 and 2021. After 2023, he worked for Atila Yürk for 25 days for a salary of 8,674 liras. On the other hand, a total of 16 plots of land, fields and houses, all in Tekirdağ, were purchased by Ali Yuruk and his wife between 2019 and 2022. The main problem that MASAK suspects is money transfers in bank accounts.

The suspicious transactions for 2022 and 2023 are:

Ali Yuruk sent a total of 1,812,500 liras to Atila Yuruk’s account in 24 separate transactions. 700 thousand liras were sent to Gedik Yatırım Menkul Kıymetler in one transaction. One million and 233 thousand liras were transferred by Aslı Yuruk between her private accounts in two transactions as the selling price of the land, and 2 million and 516 thousand liras were sent to Atila Yuruk in 11 transactions.

“Maybe someone else provided guidance.”

In addition, MASAK found it questionable that the same amount of money was kept in the accounts between Aslı Yörük and Atilla Yörük for a short period and then sent back to each other. The money transferred in these transactions amounts to 2 million liras. Likewise, it was confirmed that Ali and Asli Yuruk repeatedly made deposits/withdrawals from their bank accounts. MASAK’s evaluation of Ali and Asli Yoruk is as follows:

“It must also be taken into account that the transactions listed and the financial files of individuals are not completely consistent, that the financial transfers made are unfounded and need to be explained, and that the banking transactions may have been directed by someone else.”

Another name examined in the MASAK report is Atila Yoruk. He worked at Köşkdere Automotive until August 2021, and from 2022 he entered the field of buying and selling cars. He announced 6,466 liras as income tax in 2022.

In the MASAK report, the suspicious transactions carried out by Atilla Yörük are listed as follows:

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* Since 2020, a total of 12 million liras have been transferred to third parties through numerous transactions written as “debt” in the description.

*Large amounts of deposit accounts were opened and closed in various banks, the largest of which exceeded 3.5 million liras.

* A total of $165,000 was transferred to Gedik Yatırım Menkul Değerler in two deals in November and June 2022. In addition, a total of 13.5 million liras were sent to Gedik starting from the beginning of 2022.

* In April 2023, 2.5 million liras were transferred to Renovasyon Yatırım ve Inşaat AŞ.

* On March 24, 2023, a transaction worth 2 million 384 thousand liras was made from a bank with the statement “Buying and selling foreign currencies to a SPOT client.”

* A large number of financial transfers of large amounts were made from various Atilla Yörük accounts to third parties with the explanation “car sales or deposit payment”.

In the MASAK report issued by Atila Yürük, which stated that there was a noticeable increase in financial transactions in terms of quantity and number after 2021, “Between January 2021 and June 2023, individuals transferred approximately 25 million liras and 1 million dollars of funds in foreign currency.” , equivalent to about 15 million liras, to various bank accounts, and it is stated that he “carried out the operation.” It is reported that Atilla Yörük also has a crypto asset account at BINANCE.

In the final assessment of the MASAK report, it was stated that the cash transactions conducted by Atilla Yürük did not correspond to his financial situation and that there was suspicion of laundering of the proceeds of the crime in question.

The movement of money overlaps with the movement of travel

Let’s talk about another traffic detected by the police. Yesterday, Ismail Saimaz from Sozcu also wrote about his travels to Bulgaria in detail. Ali Yoruk came in and out 86 times in 4 years. Likewise, it is noted that Attila Yurok went to Bulgaria several times, mostly on a daily basis.

Another important detail is that the trips coincide with the dates of receipt of funds from football players and businessmen. For example; Fernando Muslera says he gave $700,000 in December 2022. Ali Yoruk leaves on December 16 and returns on December 17. Once again, Omer Kahraman gives $300,000 to Cecil Erzan on January 9, 2023. On January 13, Buse Terim transfers some money. On the evening of January 13, Ali Yoruk went to Bulgaria again. It comes back again after a day. Furthermore, there is a parallel between the start of travel to Bulgaria and the start of money transfers that are considered suspicious in the MASAK report.

It is also striking that Ali and Attila Yoruk did not use the same car twice in a row during their trip to Bulgaria. However, when the car whose plate number was provided is tracked down in the police department’s investigations, a strange connection is discovered. Ali Yuruk will go to Bulgaria on March 5, 2022. The police report stated that the car was registered in the name of Yedi Yol Bir Gayrimenkul Dış Ticaret Ltd. Who is this company for?

The company was founded on September 21, 2012 in Beyoglu, Istanbul. Its founder is Aydin Razaki. There doesn’t seem to be much activity. But it appears that Rezaki is one of the partners of the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino, which was opened by Murat Konuklu and Salih Yavaş in Svilengrad, Bulgaria in 2016. A story was also published in the local newspaper Tekirdağ in 2021. The news says that “Turkish businessmen Murak Konuklu and Aydin Rezaki renewed the Imperial company With an investment of 30 million euros. In 2020, an interview with Rezaki and Konuklu was published in the local newspaper Ulay Aktiv in Tekirdağ. Meanwhile, there is news in the newspaper that in 2016, Royal King Hotel and Casino, owned by Konoklo and Yavash in Bulgaria, signed a partnership agreement with Pasha Group Global, the hotel and casino operator.

The fact that the car used by Ali Yuruk belongs to the company Yedi Yol Bir Gayrimenkul Dış Ticaret Ltd., founded by Aydin Rezaki, and was registered in police records, is an interesting detail in the Cecil Erzan case, which has become the main agenda of the whole country. If the investigation progresses, perhaps we will learn about this relationship.