He said interest was haram and fell into the Ponzi trap
It has been revealed that many people who entrusted their savings to a jeweler in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar were defrauded through a " Ponzi scheme." It is reported that well-known figures in the conservative community and those close to the government were among those defrauded. The victims, citing "interest is a sin," refused to invest their savings in financial instruments but instead lost them to scammers promising high returns. Only one complained, "I lost 4 kilograms of gold ."
One of the victims was reportedly Professor Dr. Ömer Miraç Yaman, known for his close ties to the İskenderpaşa Community and for giving religious talks. Yaman, who also serves on associations and foundations such as the Ensar Foundation, explained in a criminal complaint filed with the prosecutor's office last year that he had "lost 4 kilograms of gold." He stated, "The owners of a jeweler named İ.S. in the Grand Bazaar defrauded hundreds of people over a period of approximately six years, taking advantage of conservative individuals' hesitation to invest in banks due to interest rates. It will be seen that all the victims and those harmed were religiously sensitive and conservative individuals. The main reason for this is that interest is forbidden in Islam."
THEY PAID INTEREST BECAUSE IT IS 'HARAM' "The feelings that the banks created in the citizens, such as the fact that it is haram according to Islam because they work with an interest system, were exploited," the criminal complaint stated, and the following was listed:
• "The suspects systematically defrauded people for over six years, promising them dividends on their investments and the ability to withdraw their investments at any time. The victims of the systematic fraud, which continued for over six years, stated that when they tried to withdraw their deposits, the suspects would not pay and that the money did not exist.
• We estimate that the amount of money collected by the suspects in this incident, in which more than two hundred people were victims, is well over $50 million.
• This fraud method is the Ponzi system, which has been a major public concern in our country, similar to Çiftlik Bank and Thodex. Named after Charles Ponzi, who popularized this type of scam in the 1920s, Ponzi is a type of fraud that promises high returns to investors. This system operates by distributing the money received from new investors as returns to previous investors. The suspects, whom we call a kind of Ponzi scheme of the Grand Bazaar, implemented this system on their victimized clients. New victims advanced the system by paying the dividends of previous participants with assets entrusted to the Grand Bazaar Ponzi suspects. However, when the flow of money stopped, the system crashed. Later, when the system crashed, they fabricated the lie that they could no longer make payments and were bankrupt.
• We hear that the money was not lost, the money they defrauded is still in the suspects' possession; that since this allegation came to light, they transferred all their movable and immovable assets to third parties and that they have smuggled their assets abroad due to their international connections.” In his criminal complaint, Yaman said, “There is no difference between this incident and the cases like Tosuncuk, Thodex, etc.; it is almost identical,” and requested that the suspects be tried for the crime of aggravated fraud.
According to BirGün newspaper's report, there is no arrest in the file.
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