52 suspects were detained and 31 were arrested in the Kocaeli-based qualified fraud operation

31 of the 52 suspects detained in the qualified fraud operation carried out in 9 provinces, centered in Kocaeli, were arrested.

According to the statement made by the Gebze Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the prosecutor's office interrogations of the suspects who were detained within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Provincial Police Department regarding 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, fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations, and opposition to the Tax Procedure Law No. 213" have been completed.

According to AA news, 31 of the 52 suspects detained were arrested, and judicial control measures were applied to 21 of them. As part of the investigation, it was decided to issue arrest warrants for 8 suspects.

In addition, measures were taken to confiscate the assets belonging to the suspects within the scope of the crime of "laundering assets resulting from crime".

Within the scope of the investigation, 118 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 residences and workplaces, approximately 50 folders of papers and documents, 45 e-signatures, stamps belonging to 16 different companies, many diaries, 20 mobile phones, 23 computers, account books of different banks, SIM cards of 7 different operators, 917 loaded cartridges with a diameter of 9x19 millimeters, a magazine attached to a blank cartridge, 14 blank cartridges and a hard disk were seized.

It was understood that 61 of those previously detained within the scope of the operation were released after their statements, and 5 of them were in penal institutions.