Brooklyn real estate magnate Erden Arkan pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court to funneling thousands of dollars to Mayor ...

It is unclear whether Arkan’s plea will require him to cooperate in the feds’ ongoing corruption investigation into the mayor ...

Erden Arkan, aka "Businessman-5," pled guilty to making 10 straw donations to the Eric Adams 2021 mayoral campaign.

Erden Arkan pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge Friday alleging that he worked with a Turkish government official to funnel illegal campaign contributions to Mayor Eric Adams.

Erden Arkan, a businessman with close ties to New York’s Turkish community, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to ...

Erden Arkan, a Big Apple real estate mogul who runs the Brooklyn-based KSK Construction Group, pleaded guilty to a single ...

Erden Arkan said he paid his employees to give to the mayoral campaign in consultation with the Turkish government.

The Turkish-born construction executive said he knowingly wrote checks for employees who then made donations to the 2021 Eric ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Erden Arkan, left, leaves federal court, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in ...

Erden Arkan, a businessman accused of playing a central role in funneling thousands of dollars in illegal straw donations to Mayor Adams’ 2021 campaign on behalf of the Turkish government ...

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 ...