Lots of top level footballers. Türkiyeamong them is a former Barcelona player Arda Turan and Uruguayan Fernando Muslera, they lost millions of dollars being victims financial pyramid scam organized by a bankerThe local press reported this on Tuesday.
There are 18 players in total.Among them is the former Atlético Madrid Emre Belezoglu, and Semih Kaya and Selcuk Inantwo stars Galatasaray recently retired, in addition to Turan and Muslera, were deceived Secil Erzan, A a young bank employee from Istanbul, A Turkish newspaper reports this. Hürriyet.
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Other media The number of victims increased to 29 people. and they talk about 25 or even 45 million dollars in losses according to the scheme Erzan, At the moment in pre-trial detention and charged with fraud.
In some cases, for example, a midfielder Emre Colakformer Deportivo de Coruña player, only a handwritten note indicates investment of three million dollars, notes Turkish magazine Oxygen.
Another one of the supposed participants Fatih Terimlegendary coach Galatasaray and selection, which He denies any involvement in this case.
However, Erzan, Born in 1977, been around for many years Temporary financial consultant, after being appointed, at just 36 years of age, as director of a prestigious bank subsidiary Denizbank in Istanbul, and meetings take place between her and the coach, she says. Hürriyet.
According to this newspaper, Yerzan invited numerous top-class football players to donate their savings in an investment fund called “Fatih Terim Foundation” promising very high financial returns.
In fact, the manager used the newcomers’ investments topay the profits promised to the first investorsV classic financial pyramidoriginally intended for cover your debts to loan sharks which he incurred after losing money on the stock market, he points out Hürriyet.
Among the most affected are Arda Turan, that even sold his land in Istanbul invest money in the proposed fund, and he finally lost almost all his savingsaccording to statements by a former football player cited by the network CNN Turk.
Turan quantity delivered three or four million dollars in cash To Erzan when meeting her in a cafeteria near the bank, and he also once received a million dollars, also in cash, in the same way, according to the said station.
After his arrest last April Erzan He initially stated that the bank he worked for did not know anything. his investment scheme, but later changed his testimony, ensuring that Bank executives injected her with a drug to make her stay away from the institution.
Except Secil Erzan, For what Prosecutors are asking for a sentence of 66 to 216 years in prison. There is six more people have been charged The next court hearing is scheduled for January 12 next year.
(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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