Turkish Woman Charged With Using Kalder To Defraud Lost Unsealing Bid Now US Compels

Turkish Woman Charged With Using Kalder To Defraud Lost Unsealing Bid Now US Compels by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 2 – A businesswoman is charged with using her company, Kalder, to commit fraud in connection with her model of embedding cash-back and rewards programs directly into the websites of clients, including for example two Brazilian sports teams.    She had a proceeding on January 6 before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. Inner City Press was there.    The AUSA describe a laptop extraction so big it cannot be viewed on government computers, and subpoenas out to the two Brazilian teams. The defendant is a Turkish national, she said, necessitating interpretation beyond Google Translate. Also, the defendant's company and its law firm are being slow in complying with a grand jury subpoena.    The defense opposed any exclusion of time under the Speedy Trial Act. Judge Kaplan called it a serious motion - and for that reason said he would exclude time until the motion is decided. On January 8 the US Attorney's Office wrote in that it arrested her when it did because as a non citizen it was concerned that another opportunity to arrest her in the US might not have occurred. On January 12 putting in a notice of appearance to represent Guven was Danielle Sassoon formerly of the US Attorney's Office (including the SBF and Eric Adams prosecutions), now at Clement & Murphy in DC. And the other defense attorneys? On January 20, this order: "The government's motion to exclude the period from today to and including at least June 15, 2026, under the Speedy Trial Act is granted. This ruling is without prejudice to any application to extend the exclusion and postpone the trial in the event that should prove appropriate." And on January 27, this: "as to Gokce Guven. Defendant's amended application to remove the ex parte designation and thus disclose to her the redactions and omissions from the motion papers as served on the non-party (Dkt 31) is denied in all respects" - citing grand jury secrecy. On March 2 Judge Kaplan granted the US' "motion to compel to the extent that Kalder shall comply wiht Subpoena II by March 9. It is denied in all other respects." More on X for Subscribers here and on Substack here  The case is USA v. Guven, 1:25-cr-592 (Kaplan) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com