Virtual betting and cryptocurrency money washing operation in Ergani: 31 suspects caught

Within the scope of the investigation initiated by the Ergani Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was determined by the Provincial Gendarmerie Command Cyber ​​Crimes Branch Directorate and Ergani District Gendarmerie Command teams that the suspects enabled illegal virtual betting and virtual gambling, and that they used the bank accounts they obtained from citizens and laundered these money by transferring them to crypto accounts.

In the report prepared by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), when the bank account movements of 40 suspects were examined, it was determined that transactions worth 6.2 billion lira were carried out.

31 suspects were caught in the simultaneous operation carried out in Diyarbakır and Gaziantep.

17 of the suspects, who were referred to the courthouse after their procedures at the gendarmerie, were arrested by the criminal judgeship of peace on duty, and 14 of them were released, 11 of them on condition of judicial control.

During the searches, 2 guns, 2 magazines, 61 grams of herbal marijuana, 3 precision scales, 28 mobile phones, 37 SIM cards, bank cards belonging to 26 different people, 2 computers, 1 tablet, 1 USB memory and 6 sheets of tobacco rolling paper were seized.

Within the scope of the investigation, work continues to capture all 9 suspects.

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