VAN - A lawsuit has been filed against MHP MP candidate Şahin Yağar and 27 people, for inflicting 8 and a half million loss on the state in the companies they founded during the pandemic, who provided "cash wage support" to many people who took insurance and were put on unpaid leave even though they did not work.

 

In the operation carried out in 4 provinces in 2021, 31 people were detained in the operation against the network, which ensures that the "Cash Wage Support", which is given in Erdîş district of Van, so that the employees whose incomes decreased during the pandemic, are paid to the insured people through the front companies they have contracted with, instead of the beneficiaries. Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Erciş Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, 15 of the 31 people charged with "aggravated fraud" were arrested, including Şahin Yağar, who was the MHP's 27th Term Van MP candidate. The 15 arrested persons were released on different dates by the decision of the Erciş Criminal Court of Peace.

  

Completing the investigation, the Erciş Public Prosecutor's Office prepared a 764-page indictment against 28 people on the charge of "Fraud against Public Institutions and Organizations". Accepting the indictment, the Erciş Heavy Penal Court has set the date of April 10 for the first hearing of the case.

 

The indictment detailed how the network worked and how it harmed state institutions.

 

FINANCIAL AID FRAUD

 

In the indictment, where it is stated that the suspects did not meet the conditions to receive financial aid by acting together, many companies that were the subject of the investigation through the SGK system were registered. It was noted that a part of the financial aid deposited by İŞKUR to the account of the individuals was given to the person who received the financial aid as a result of the fraudulent act, and the investigation was started after it was determined that the remaining part was taken by the suspects.

 

ALL 6 COMPANIES BELONG TO YAĞAR FAMILY

 

While it has been revealed that most of the companies where the workers' SGK entries are made are on behalf of Yagar's mother, siblings and relatives, it was noted that the companies Kayasan Kimya Industry Trade Limited Company, Kayasaan Chemicals and Trade Industry Limited Company, Akıncıoğlu Textile, Ida Private Security, Vensira Software Informatic , 6H Private Security Company belonged to MHP's Yağar and his family. In the indictment which states that social security registry of hundreds of people working at the said companies applied to financial aid including suspects Necdet Köken, Atilla Köken, Betül Karatoprak, Çiğdem Yağar, Adnan Yağar, Mehmet Yağar, Erol Uçak, Ender Akyüz and Metin Turan, a list of names submitted to Şahin Yağar.

 

THEY WERE GIVEN UNPAID TIME OFF THE SAME DAY

 

In the indictment it was stated that those who were registered were given unpaid time off the same day with the Code 28 and they were paid the financial aid. 

 

8.5 MILLION TL PUBLIC DAMAGE

 

In the indictment, which states that as a result of the fraudulent actions of the suspects, acting with fraudulent intent, a public loss of 8 million 524 thousand 236 TL was incurred, the following assessment was made: "The suspects acted with fraudulent intent and created a list by providing the identity and account information of the individuals who were not in any way in contact with the companies subject to the investigation, and who did not work as workers in these companies, that the individuals were given unpaid time off the same they they were employed by the company after being added to the Social Security Institution system. The individuals were paid 1420 TL every month but except for the 300TL, the rest of the money were sent back to the suspects and as a result of the fraudulent act of the suspects,  a public loss of 8 million 524 thousand 236 TL occurred, and thus, the suspects committed the crime of fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations in a chain manner."

 

PRISON SENTENCE UP TO 10 YEARS REQUESTED FOR THE SUSPECTS

 

A prison sentence of 8 to 10 years is requested for the suspects Abdulsamet Çiftçi, Adnan Yağar, Atilla Köken, Ayten Koçak, Bahar Akça, Behlül Akın Yağar, Betül Karatoprak, Cüneyt Akıncı, Çiğdem Yağar, Dursun Keleş, Emirhan Yağar, Emrah Yağar, Ender Akyüz, Fatih Akan, Erol Uçak, Fatih Bayram, Fatih Deveci, Hakan Yağar, İsmail Yağar, Kenan Duran, Metin Turan, Mehmet Yağar, Murat Demirci, Serdar Deveci, Necdet Köken, Şahin Yağar, Tayfun Yağar and Yakup Yağar. 

 

 

MA / Cengiz Özbasar