19 million lira fraud operation in Şarköy: 9 detainees

Retired agricultural engineer L.T., who lives in Şarköy, went to the police station and told that he was defrauded of approximately 19 million lira, including lira, foreign currency and jewelery by telephone fraudsters.

L.T. said that he gave 2 kilos of gold, 8 thousand euros and 300 dollars to the people who came in front of his house by car after the suspects who called him on the phone and introduced themselves as police officers told him that the jewelry and foreign currency in his house should be given to them in order to catch the criminals.

L.T., who said that he later transferred 110 thousand 400 euros to the bank account given by the fraudsters, stated that he realized that he had been defrauded and filed a complaint.

OPERATIONS IN 8 PROVINCES

Under the coordination of the Şarköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the Provincial Police Department Public Order Branch Directorate Fraud Bureau teams started an investigation into the incident.

11 people were detained in the operation carried out simultaneously in the provinces of Istanbul, Izmir, Manisa, Şanlıurfa, Erzurum, Adıyaman, Kahramanmaraş and Mersin to capture 11 suspects identified in the technical and physical study.

The suspects brought to Tekirdağ were transferred to the courthouse in Şarköy district after their procedures at the police station. 9 of the suspects were arrested in court for the crimes of 'Organised qualified fraud', 'Qualified plunder', 'Establishing, managing and being a member of a criminal organisation', and 2 people were released on condition of judicial control.