23 million TL phone fraud in Istanbul: 13 suspects arrested

The mind-blowing event took place in Istanbul. According to the news of Habertürk reporter Mustafa Şekeroğlu, the fraudsters called a businessman who owns a company and introduced themselves as "Bank Security Coordinator". The suspects gained the victim's trust through various fraudulent referrals.

THEY MADE A BIG PROFIT

Believing in the fraudsters' guidance, the company owner transferred 39 thousand euros in cash, worth a total of 20 million 875 thousand 215 TL and 2 million 170 thousand lira, to accounts controlled by the suspects through different transactions.

POLICE FOLLOWED MONEY TRAFFIC

The businessman who transferred the money later realized that he had been defrauded when he called the bank. The businessman immediately filed a complaint. Following the complaint, Public Security Branch Directorate Fraud Bureau teams started a large-scale study. During the investigations, the accounts into which the money was transferred and the connections between the suspects were examined one by one.

As a result of the coordinated efforts of the police, it was determined that there was a large fraud network operating with a hierarchical structure behind the million-dollar profit.

ORGANIZER, ACCOUNTANT, JEWELER AND CRYPTOR

As the investigation deepened, it was revealed that the network consisted of people undertaking different tasks. Police teams; He exposed all the elements of the criminal network consisting of organizers, top intermediaries, accountants, jewelers and cryptographers. It was determined that the network acted at different levels in order to transfer the money obtained through fraud between accounts and to hide its trace.

5 ARRESTS IN THE FIRST OPERATION

Following the operations carried out within the scope of the investigation, 5 of the suspects who were referred to the courthouse were arrested on August 10 and sent to prison. However, the police operation was not limited to this. Efforts continued to capture other members of the network.

36 ORGANIZERS WITH CRIMINAL REGISTERS WERE ALSO CAUGHT

In the ongoing operations, T.G., who is stated to be one of the organizers of the network and has 36 separate criminal records. along with other suspects were also caught. T.G. was referred to the judicial authorities on August 13. along with 8 more suspects were arrested.

Thus, the number of suspects arrested within the scope of the investigation increased to 13. Judicial control or release decisions were made for four suspects.

GLOCK PISTOLS AND DRUGS WERE SEIZED

During the searches carried out against the suspects, 3 unlicensed Glock brand pistols and 12.28 grams of narcotic substance were seized and kept under safekeeping. As part of the investigation into the million-dollar fraud network, the police are continuing to investigate the money traffic and connections of the criminal network.