The imaginary internship scheme was exposed: 12 suspects, including former school principals, were sent to prison

In the investigation carried out by the Provincial Police Department teams under the coordination of the Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was determined that the suspects, including former school principals, committed fraud and took bribes by organizing fake internships in some MESEMs.

It was claimed that the students whose internship documents were issued did not go to the internship at the workplaces where they were supposed to work, that a total of 36 million 244 thousand 715 liras of public damage was caused in this way, and that 8 million 749 thousand liras of two laptop computers and two color printers were taken as bribes.

The teams started an investigation and identified 45 suspects. It was determined that one of the suspects died and two of them were in prison for other crimes. The teams detained 39 suspects in simultaneous raids on October 21. An investigation has been initiated to capture the suspects who could not be found at their addresses. While 12 of the suspects who were referred to the courthouse after their procedures were arrested, the others were released under judicial control.