'Joker' inheritance hunt

While the ISTANBUL Police Department's Financial Crimes Fighting Branch Directorate teams continued their work against fraud, they technically and physically monitored a fraud network that used fake documents in public offices. In the study, it was determined that the network used the 'wild card method' by targeting the assets in Turkey of Turkish citizens who lived abroad, lost their lives or had an absence decision against them. It was determined that the network, which especially targets wealthy Turkish citizens who have no heirs, withdraws money from banks by using stuntmen called 'jokers' who physically resemble people who have passed away or have an absence decision.

A LAWYER WHO WAS SKIPPED FROM THE PROFESSION HELPED

It has been determined that the fraud network, which withdraws money from banks using doubles and fake passports, transfers the withdrawn money to suspicious persons or close relatives of the deceased, if any, in order to hide the trace of the money. It was revealed that the network, which carried out investigations by following inheritance cases for deceased rich people, carried out inheritance fraud from abroad to Turkey with the help of former lawyer N.D., who was banned from practicing law and had 19 wanted records for crimes such as fraud and theft.

Police teams, who started working to catch the suspects who committed fraud with the joker method and used forged documents in public offices, caught 11 suspects, including former lawyer N.D., in simultaneous operations carried out last night in 3 provinces, including Istanbul-based Bilecik and Kırklareli provinces.