Ökkeş Taş, who allegedly received 2 million 100 thousand Euros from the money coming after Selim Tayşi, the son of the suspect Selim Tayşi, who was identified and arrested while trying to enter the country with a significant amount of money in his possession, was brought before the court again yesterday.
Police sergeant Yahya Suiçmez, who gave sworn testimony in the court, reported the facts. The police stated that the suspect Ökkeş Taş was involved in the crime of “acting in violation of the Anti-Money Laundering Law”.
After the police declared that 60-year-old Selim Tayşi, who entered the TRNC from Ercan Airport at 21.31 on 6 August 2022, declared that he brought 800 thousand Euros with him to the Ercan Customs Branch for ‘investment purposes’, the statements of the subject were considered suspicious.
In the investigation, it was determined that there were two more statements made on 31 July 2022 with an explanation of 500 thousand Euros for ‘to establish a business’ and 600 thousand Euros on 1 August 2022 with an explanation of “I intend to invest”.
The police stated that Selim Tayşi did not give a reasonable explanation about the fate of these moneys that he declared to the TRNC, and that he acted in violation of the Currency Exchange Law and the Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime Law No. 4/2008.
The police charged that Selim Tayşi (28) who entered the TRNC from Ercan Airport in Nicosia between 9 January and 14 July 2022 as a passenger, was charged with the offenses of “Contrary to the Currency Exchange Law and Acting Against the Prevention of Laundering of Proceeds of Crime Law No. 4/2008”.
At the request of his father, Selim Tayşi, who is still in detention, and in line with his instructions, he had to report the amount of more than 10 thousand Euros to the customs authorities, but he did not declare the 150 thousand Euros he had with him to the customs authorities at Ercan Airport 10 times, and a total of 1 million 500 dollars was sent to the TRNC. He stated that he had acted in violation of the Currency Exchange Act by bringing a thousand Euros.
IT WAS DETECTED FROM SECURITY RECORDS THAT HE DELIVERED 2 MILLION 100 THOUSAND EURO
The police informed the court that the suspect confessed to his crime in his voluntary statement and handed over the total 2 million 100 thousand Euros he brought to the TRNC to the suspect Ökkeş Taş, and they determined this issue from the MOBESE records.
The police said that the suspect Taş gave a clear statement and said that he saw Selim Tayşi at the airport, took two envelopes that he did not know what was inside, and gave them to the person working next to him. The police stated that Ökkeş Taş took little Selim Tayşi from the airport and brought him to the Financial Branch.
The police told the court that the two suspects, father and son, had entered and exited many times and that they had a total of 30 million Euros in their statements when they left Turkey.
The police stated that Selim Tayşi’s son also entered and exited the TRNC many times and made a serious statement of money when he left Turkey.
IT HAS BEEN DETECTED THAT THE STAFF NAMED HK DID FROM THE FATHER-OĞLU AIRPORT.
The police said that the suspect Ökkeş Taş’s employee named HK took his father-son from the airport with his company’s vehicles.
The police stated that with the help of the suspect Ökkeş Taş, they received information that the employee named HK had departed abroad and that they started an investigation in this direction.
FATHER TAYSHI MADE 39 MILLION EURO LOGIN TO MY CRYPTO ACCOUNT
The police said that a total of 39 million Euros was entered in the crypto accounts of the suspect father Selim Tayşi, which coincides with the dates he delivered the money, and that it was transferred to an account at the same time, and that they believed that the money believed to be criminal proceeds was laundered in this way.
The police stated that the investigation was continuing and that the fate of the money in question was being investigated, whether it belonged to a terrorist or criminal organization or not.
Evaluating the testimony given in his presence, Judge Hazal Hacımulla ordered the suspects to be detained for 3 days so that the investigation could be conducted safely.