An investigation conducted by the Istanbul Anatolian Chief Prosecutor’s Office against 16 suspects, including Dilan Polat, her husband Engin Polat, and her siblings Can and Shira Du, has been completed.
The requested punishment has been lifted
The Terrorist and Organized Crimes Investigation Department of the Istanbul Anatolian Chief Prosecutor’s Office has indicted Dilan, Engin Polat and others on charges of “laundering the value of assets resulting from crimes,” “illegal gambling,” and “establishing and corrupting a criminal organization.” The indictment calls for prison sentences of 13 to 27 years for 16 suspects, including Dilan and Engin Polat, on charges of “laundering the value of assets resulting from crimes within an organizational structure,” “establishing and being a member of a criminal organization” and “illegal gambling.”
The indictment was approved by the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office and sent to the Anatolian Criminal Court of First Instance No. 2.
what happened?
In operations carried out since Nov. 1, 2023 in six provinces centered around Istanbul, 24 suspects, including Dilan Polat and her husband Engin Polat, have been arrested.
Regarding the suspects, including the Polats, a MASAK preliminary investigation report was prepared, in which digital materials and books were seized during searches carried out within the scope of the investigation within the company, and the report found that compensation of 200 million liras was paid. In exchange for the so-called transactions, money was funneled from three companies in liquidation to the family company by issuing fake invoices.
The funds were found to have been transferred between companies belonging to the family, and in the final stage were collected by a company called Milda Geylimekul, owned by Engin Polat, which purchased real estate and a number of vehicles. The Istanbul Financial Crimes Directorate identified the suspects and Ordu, based in Istanbul, Ankara and Yalova, carried out simultaneous operations at 43 addresses in Kirklareli and Manisa.
Continuing their investigation, the team discovered that a medical company owned by Dilan and Engin Polat had granted naming rights to another company in Ankara, and that 1.8 million liras in this company’s account were being transferred to the partner’s personal account.
Sixteen suspects, including Dylan Porat, Engin Porat and Shira Du, were arrested, and a judge ordered 27 companies placed into receivership.
At the monthly detention review on June 14, a criminal justice of the peace heard Dilan Polat’s brother Can Sinem Shira Du and Can Polat, Gökay Bekar, Halit Polat, Harun Abak, Metin Yılmaz, Mustafa Özalp, Nilgün Yılmaz, Ülcan Ayyıldız, and Zekay Tepe, and applied judicial management provisions to release the suspects, ruling that the other five suspects would remain in custody.
