Illegal betting operation in 13 provinces based in Osmaniye: 49 arrests

Under the instructions of the Osmaniye Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the Cyber ​​Crimes Branch Directorate teams carried out technical and physical work on illegal betting activities for approximately 4 months.

In this context, a simultaneous operation was carried out at the addresses determined in Mersin, Adana, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Antalya, Malatya, Balıkesir, Elazığ, Ankara, Istanbul, Tekirdağ and Muş, centered in Osmaniye, with the support of Special Operations police, and 62 suspects were detained.

In the investigations carried out according to the data of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), it was determined that the suspects reached a transaction volume of approximately 5 billion 972 million TL within the scope of illegal betting activities.

The suspects' accounts in banks and payment institutions, as well as their accounts in cryptocurrency exchanges, were seized. It was determined that the suspects created places called 'system houses' in order to carry out illegal betting activities and worked in shifts 24 hours a day.

COMMUNICATION WITH CODE NAMES

It was determined that money transfers were recorded instantly in the ledger and that the suspects used code names such as 'Pikachu', 'Ronaldo' and 'Escobar' when communicating with each other. It was determined that the suspects were using luxury vehicles and trying to gain the trust of people who rented residences with pools and made them use their bank accounts. It was determined that they rented bank accounts to people with poor financial conditions in return for certain fees by promising them a job and money, and used these accounts in an illegal betting system.

Of the 62 suspects who were referred to the courthouse after their procedures at the police station, 49 were arrested, while 13 were released on condition of judicial control.