Lawyer releases new book on how FETO scams US taxpayers to finance its schools

ISTANBUL

Canadian international lawyer Robert Amsterdam unveiled his second book on the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) and how it defrauds the US education system and taxpayers to fund its network of charter schools in the country during a presentation Thursday at a hotel in Istanbul.

In “Empire Of Deceit: Vol II: Web of Influence,” Amsterdam sheds light on the organization of the FETO-affiliated schools in the US and the corruption surrounding them, including financial violations and misconduct.

“It is absolutely without doubt clear that not only have the Gulen schools served as the vital source of funding for the Gulen organization and FETO but that the corruption of US procurement is widespread,” said Amsterdam, referring to FETO’s US-based leader Fetullah Gulen, who the Turkish government blames for orchestrating a failed coup attempt in Türkiye on July 15, 2016 in which 251 people were killed and 2,734 injured.

“We are talking about what we estimate to be $4 billion… going into FETO’s coffers as a result of the public funding and taxpayer funding of the now 250 FETO schools throughout the US,” added Amsterdam, who is the owner of the law firm Amsterdam & Partners (LLP).

“Let me just say that the Gulen schools are like a vital organ for the organization. This is both economically important and organizationally. We are talking about an estimated $4 billion economy. The economy in these schools is more like the American…