Was BBC Mole Silenced?

It was announced that the dead body resembled to the description of Kelly. However the police did not make an official statement on the issue. The statement will reportedly be made on Saturday. The incident was reported to Prime Minister Tony Blair instantly while he was flying from U.S. to Japan.

An independent commission will reportedly investigate the incident. In his deposition on Tuesday, Kelly admitted that he talked with BBC journalists, however he said that he was not the one who tipped off information.

The Fictitious Account Plot of the Century

Engin Akcakoca, the Chairman of the Banking Regulating Board (BDDK), announced that in the Imar Bank, whose liquidation is under way, there were double-accounting system, one official, one secret.

First Time in History

On the secret accounts that are seen for the first time in the banking history, Akcakoca said, “We have encountered a series of illegal and organized operations. The amount of deposits in the bank was shown less than it actually was.”

Fictitious Accounts

According to the first findings of the BDDK, the unregistered deposits of the Imar Bank resulted from some fictitious accounts, transfer of off-shore accounts that were not in the scope of state guarantee, and from overdrawn repurchase agreements (repos).

Report of Crime

Akcakoca said that they reported crime against the owners and former administrators of the bank, regarding their illegal decisions and operations. Akcakoca also said that the accounts of Merkez Investment and Trade Company of Uzans, which kept the records of the bank, were hid from officials and the magnetic entries were blackened.