Allegation of 7-second profiteering in live betting: 4 arrests in an investigation worth 12 million TL

There has been a new development in the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, alleging that legal betting companies suffered millions of liras in losses through the live betting system. While 4 of the 8 suspects taken into custody were arrested, judicial control measures were imposed on the other 4 suspects.

Within the scope of the investigation, it was claimed that a data analyst working for a company that provides data on sports competitions opened live bets with a 7-second delay, enabling people he cooperated with to place bets after score changes in the matches.

In the studies carried out by the Cyber ​​Crimes Department of the Istanbul Police Department, under the coordination of the Illegal Betting and Sports Crimes Bureau of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was determined that the company called Spordata provided data and infrastructure support to legal betting sites for sports competitions.

It was determined that O.B., who worked as a data analyst at the company, opened the live betting system with a 7-second delay in various sports events, especially tennis and volleyball.

According to the statement of the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, O.B. enabled bets to be placed after the score was established through people who opened accounts in betting companies. It was reported that Spordata and the betting companies it serves suffered a total loss of 12 million TL with this method.

The financial movements of O.B., who was detained and arrested in the first stage of the investigation, were also examined.

In the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) report, it was determined that the suspect had a total of 192 million liras in and out of his accounts and made high-amount money transfers.

After the examinations, O.B. 8 more suspects, who were considered to be working in connection with , were identified and taken into custody.

Statements were taken by the prosecutor's office from 8 suspects who were referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan after their procedures at the police station.

It was decided to arrest Ata Caner Biçinciler, Emirhan Akyol, Yakup Burak Kılıç and İsmail Akyol, who were brought before the criminal judgeship of peace.

Judicial control measures were taken against the other suspects Serhan Bahdiak, Furkan Öztürk, Mısra Kahveci and Elif Akyol.