107 suspects were caught in a qualified fraud operation based in Kocaeli

107 suspects were caught in a qualified fraud operation carried out in 9 provinces, centered in Kocaeli.

Under the coordination of the Gebze Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Tax Inspection Board, the Provincial Police Department teams carried out the investigation within the scope of the investigation into the crimes of "establishing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime, being a member of an organization established for the purpose of committing a crime, qualified fraud and opposition to the Tax Procedure Law No. 213".

It was determined that, in line with the instructions of the leader of the organization, O.U., companies without real commercial activities were established on behalf of unemployed people in financial difficulties, and high amounts of invoices were issued through these companies and these were sold to user companies for a certain percentage.

In this way, it was determined that financial benefits were obtained from lower-tier companies that issued invoices, and that the companies that used the invoices evaded taxes and caused public damage by recording invoices related to non-existent commercial transactions in their books.

Within the scope of the findings, 117 suspects linked to a total of 155 companies were identified and simultaneous operations were carried out in Kocaeli, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Erzincan, Mersin, Gaziantep, Diyarbakir and Kahramanmaraş.

During the searches carried out at the specified residence and workplace addresses, approximately 50 folders of papers and documents, 45 e-signatures, stamps belonging to 16 different companies, many agendas, 20 mobile phones, 23 computers, account books of different banks, SIM cards of 7 different operators, 917 loaded cartridges of 9x19 millimeters in diameter, a magazine attached to a blank cartridge, 14 blank cartridges and a hard disk were seized.

While 46 of the 107 suspects caught during the operation were processed, 61 were released after their statements were taken.

While it is understood that 5 of the suspects are in penal institutions, efforts are continuing to capture 5 of them.