Çelikten 300 kat daha sağlam olan Grafen madeni, keşfini yapan bilim insanlarına Nobel Fizik Ödülü kazandırdı. Bu madde Türkiye’de ise savcılık soruşturması ve davaya konu oldu. ABD’li iş kadını Avi Moskovitz, Fenerbahçe eski yöneticisi Erol User’e, grafen teknolojisine yatırım vaadiyle 821 bin dolar gönderdi. Parasını alamayan Moskovitz önce icra takibi yaptı sonra dava açtı. Mahkeme, User’in kurduğu şirketin bir tabela firması olduğunu, yatırım projesinin ise hayali olduğuna hükmetti. Mahkeme, Moskovitz’in gönderdiği paranın faizi ile ödenmesine karar verdi. User ise yaptığı açıklamada “Ticari olarak suçlu bulundum” dedi.
#GrafenBaşbakan Davutoğlu şeffaflık paketinde “kamu çalışanları ayrıldıktan sonra 2-3 yıl özelde kendi işleriyle ilgili çalışmasını” engelleyeceklerini açıkladı. Ancak zaten bunu ‘aynen’ düzenleyen bir yasa tam 34 yıldır var. Hiç uygulanmamış olsa da yasa, kuralı ihlal edenlere 6 aydan 2 yıla kadar hapis cezası öngörüyor.
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