Jury finds Serhat Gumrukcu guilty of ordering a hit for hire in Vermont
The jury found Serhat Gumrukcu on all three counts: conspiracy to commit murder for hire, murder for hire and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
The jury found Serhat Gumrukcu on all three counts: conspiracy to commit murder for hire, murder for hire and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
The jury found Serhat Gumrukcu on all three counts: conspiracy to commit murder for hire, murder for hire and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
A jury has ruled Serhat Gumrukcu guilty on all counts on Friday, following a five-week trial of the man charged with ordering a hit for hire of Vermont man Gregory Davis in 2018.
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The jury found Serhat Gumrukcu on all three counts: conspiracy to commit murder for hire, murder for hire and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Throughout the trial, the government said Gumrukcu ordered his close friend and employee Berk Eretay to find someone to kill Davis, after Davis threatened to expose Gumrukcu to the FBI for his role in a fraudulent oil deal.
On the stand, Eretay testified to following Gumrukcu's order, asking his friend Aron Ethridge to help him find someone for the job.
On Jan. 6, 2018, Davis, a father of seven, was in his Danville, Vermont, home when a man named Jerry Banks knocked on his door claiming to be a U.S. Marshal arresting Davis. Banks has already pleaded guilty, and during the trial admitted his role in the murder scheme while under oath.
Banks said he was hired by a man he only knew as the "Turkish Prince," a name the government pointed out during the trial, Gumrukcu often referred to himself as.
Now that Gumrukcu has been found guilty, he faces life in prison for the charges.