Ahbap Association investigation: Haluk Levent and 16 people taken into custody

In the operation conducted under the coordination of the İstanbul Police Department and the Republic Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, 17 suspects, including the founder of the association, Haluk Levent, were taken into custody. The suspects were charged with "forming an organization for the purpose of committing a crime", "qualified fraud", and "money laundering".

MASAK reports and technical surveillance works revealed that there were high-volume money movements in the accounts belonging to the association employees, which were incompatible with their financial profiles. In the examinations, it was determined that the suspects made high-amount money transfers among themselves, transferred large amounts to gambling accounts, placed bets, and lost money.

Additionally, it was determined that the suspects carried out a large number of chained title deed transfers to each other within a short period of time. During the searches conducted at the addresses of the detained individuals, a large amount of digital material, cash, gold, checks, promissory notes, and various documents were seized.