Aggravated fraud operation in 19 provinces based in Eskişehir: 90 detentions

Eskişehir Provincial Police Department Public Order Branch Directorate Fraud Bureau teams started an investigation against the suspects who were determined to have committed fraud by introducing themselves as representatives of various corporate internet and communication companies and selling modems under the pretext of infrastructure change.

During the technical and physical follow-up, it was determined that the suspects introduced themselves as representatives of various corporate internet and communication companies, and made false statements that the existing internet infrastructures were changing throughout Turkey, old modems would be out of use, internet services would be cut off in a short time, compulsory infrastructure transition would be made and discounts would be applied in existing tariffs.

Under the coordination of Eskişehir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Eskişehir Police Department teams carried out simultaneous operations in Eskişehir as well as in Istanbul, Kocaeli, Bursa, Çanakkale, Muğla, Düzce, Zonguldak, Bolu, Karabük, Erzurum, Kars, Ankara, Antalya, Adana, Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Afyonkarahisar and Yozgat. 90 suspects, including company executives, whose homes were raided, were caught and detained.

All bank and crypto asset accounts of many suspects and 13 companies, as well as 5 cars, 1 flat, 1 duplex villa and 1 land, which were considered to have been purchased with the money obtained from fraud, were also seized. It was stated that the total estimated value of the seized assets was 43 million 500 thousand liras. While 8 of the 90 suspects, mostly women, whose statements were taken at Eskişehir Police Department Public Order Branch, were released, 77 were sent to the courthouse in Eskişehir and 5 in the provinces where they were located.

TRANSACTION VOLUME 116 MILLION LIRA

During the investigation carried out by the police teams, it was determined that the suspects said that the bills would increase if the modem was not changed, that they created the perception of technical obligation and official transaction on the victims, and that they enabled them to purchase the modem and make payment at the door. It was determined that the majority of the modems sent to the victims were incompatible with their existing internet infrastructures and that the modems were well below their market value. In addition, it was determined that there were 801 victims throughout Türkiye within the scope of the file, and that there was a transaction volume of approximately 116 million liras in suspicious accounts, which was considered to have come from the victims.