The Terrorism and Organized Crime Investigation Department of the Istanbul Anatolian Chief Prosecutor’s Office has prepared a 75-page indictment against 28 suspects, including Dilan and Engin Polat, on money laundering charges. New details have emerged from the prepared indictment.
They have been making money illegally since 2017
The indictment states that according to the findings of the file, Engin Porat illegally traveled to the country of TRNC in 2017 and contacted international illegal gambling organizers Derkhan Bashar and Veysel Şahin, after which he joined the team of these individuals. For some time, these individuals were actually involved in illegal activities in TRNC, while he served as a manager or a similar position in the gambling organization, during which he showed a rapid rise and established his position, and the illegal gambling site named Jasminbet was completely abandoned. He, Engin Porat, began to set up an organization aimed at lining his own pockets with illegally earned money from 2017. It is pointed out that Engin Porat’s ultimate goal was to convert the money obtained from the illegal gambling organization into crypto assets and transfer it to Derkhan. Bashar, who was abroad after receiving his share.
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They opened a beauty center to hide their purpose
In the prepared indictment, it was reported that the money deposited by gamblers to operate on illegal gambling sites was laundered and transferred in cryptocurrency wallets without being detected or controlled in the system as a result of the establishment of a screening system in which bets as an illegal source of funds were converted into cryptocurrency, and was transferred by cash deposits and withdrawals between companies as needed, and documents were transferred to companies through mail order systems by spyware, and then the investigation was carried out. Members of the organization made it impossible to trace them by carrying out numerous cash withdrawal and deposit transactions or transferring money with fake invoices. It has been noted that they established dozens of companies operating in the beauty and cosmetics industry to hide their purpose. .
They aimed to launder dark money with luxury cars.
The indictment states that in order to prevent the true situation from being exposed, they kept large amounts of funds in cryptocurrency wallets to transfer to related parties, use them for a luxurious lifestyle when necessary, and ultimately attempt to launder money. It was carried out in a company called Milda, and in this context they withdrew millions in cash from the companies in question, guided them between the companies, and deposited the cash in a company called Milda for the purpose of laundering the money. It is pointed out that the ill-gotten gains were transferred dozens of times, such as real estate and luxury cars to be purchased through this company, and were guided as if there was genuine commercial activity, and then converted into crypto assets and made unregistered. He acted through members who performed the duties prescribed to him, and the act was carried out with the determination to commit crimes in a continuous structure over many years.
Engin Polat is the Organizational Leader and Dilan Polat is the Organizational Manager.
The indictment states that Engin Polat is the head of the organization, Dilan Polat, Shira Do, Alper Kurshat Polat, Sezgin Polat, Mustafa Ozalp, and Ahmet Gün are members of the organization, and 20 others, including Can Do, are members. It states that the organization was established to bring illegally held “dark” funds into the legal system as an organization, melt them down, store them in cryptocurrency wallets, and use them to live a lavish lifestyle.
The sentence is 40 years in prison
The prepared indictment accuses Engin Polat, Dilan Polat, Shira Doo, Sezgin Polat, Alper Khurshat Polat, Mustafa Özalp and Ahmet Gün of “establishing and operating an organization with the intent to commit a crime” and “laundering the value of property.” “For the crime” and “For the violation of the Law on the Regulation of Gambling and Betting Games in Football and Other Sports Competitions No. 7258,” a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison was sought.
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It turns out that my grandmother is a member of the organization.
The grandmother, who was released within the scope of the investigation into “violations of the law on membership of associations established with the purpose of committing crimes, and on the organization of gambling and games of chance in football and other sports competitions” against 18 suspects, including Dylan Porat’s brothers Kan Doo and Engin Porat, both 74, faced a maximum sentence of 36 years in prison for “laundering assets derived from crimes” and “laundering assets derived from crimes”.
