Brooklyn real estate magnate Erden Arkan pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court to funneling thousands of dollars to Mayor Adams’ 2021 campaign in coordination with a Turkish government ...

Erden Arkan, aka "Businessman-5," pled guilty to making 10 straw donations to the Eric Adams 2021 mayoral campaign. Arkan wrote checks to 10 employees, each of them for $1,250, who then donated to ...

Erden Arkan, a wealthy construction magnate, has indicated that he wants to plead guilty, prosecutors said in a letter sent to the judge presiding over the case against Adams, along with the judge ...

Erden Arkan pleads guilty to helping set up illegal contributions for Eric Adams' campaign New York Mayor Eric Adams during a State of the City address at The Apollo Theater in Manhattan on Thursday.

The businessman, Erden Arkan, is one of two people who have been charged in relation to a sprawling corruption case against Mr. Adams unveiled last year, and the first to plead guilty.

Erden Arkan, a co-owner of the luxury construction firm KSK, has been accused of collaborating with a Turkish government official to funnel illegal campaign contributions to Adams. Why It Matters ...

Erden Arkan, an owner of Williamsburg-based KSK Construction, will plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for organizing straw donations to Eric Adams' 2021 campaign, prosecutors said.

Erden Arkan, owner of KSK Construction (main image) has indicated he will plead guilty. Arkan is identified as “Businessman-5” in the federal indictment of Mayor Eric Adams (inset).

NEW YORK — Erden Arkan — whose Brooklyn-based and Ankara-linked construction firm was searched by the FBI as part of a federal probe into Mayor Eric Adams — intends to plead guilty to ...

Brooklyn real estate magnate Erden Arkan pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court to funneling thousands of dollars to Mayor Adams’ 2021 campaign in coordination with a Turkish government ...