He has pleaded not guilty. Arkan appears in Adams’ indictment as “Businessman #5.” Per the indictment, he hosted a fundraiser for the soon-to-be mayor at his firm’s Brooklyn office in May ...

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 ...

Erdan Arkan, who was previously identified only as “Businessman-5” in the indictment against Adams, will be charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud through the collection of straw-man ...

Ozgur and Arkan allegedly agreed to make the illegal donations during the dinner with Adams in April 2021. “We are supporting you,” Ozgur told Adams at that dinner, according to court papers.