The incident took place in Mersin on Wednesday, September 30. According to the information obtained, the person who called S.V., the mother of the martyr, introduced himself as the superintendent and said that his information was involved in the terrorist organization. S.V. sent 435 thousand liras to a bank account and then appealed to the police, stating that he had been defrauded. Police teams started an investigation and determined that the bank account to which the money was sent belonged to Berkan Ö. (40).
THEY SCAMMED THE MOTHER OF THE MARTYR WITH THE LIE ABOUT THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
After it was determined that the account owner lived in Istanbul, Şişli Public Order Bureau teams started working in coordination with the Intelligence Branch Directorate. Berkan Ö. He was caught on a street in Gülbahar District. Berkan Ö. was taken into custody. He told the police that he converted the money sent to his account into gold at a jeweler, delivered the gold to another suspect he met, and that he would meet with this person again. Continuing their work, the teams caught Abdulkadir Y. (28), who came to Berkan Ö. to take the gold on the day of the meeting.
BOTH THE ONE WHO DELIVERED THE GOLD AND THE TAKER OF THE GOLD WERE CAUGHT
The teams examined the security camera footage and determined that there were 2 more people who met with the 2 captured suspects. After the studies determined that one of these people was Mehmet Emin Y. (39), the suspect was caught at his home in Bahçeliler Zafer District. Mehmet Emin Y. said that the person who was with him on the day of the incident was Bülent K. (34). Thereupon, Bülent K. was detained at his house in Bahçelievler Kocasinan Merkez District. In his first statement to the police, Bülent K. said that he was the person in the images and that after receiving the gold, he gave it to someone he did not know in the fountain of Konyalı Mosque. The suspects were taken to the police station after a health check.
ŞİŞLİ PUBLIC ORDER POLICE CAUGHT
In his statement at the police station, Bülent K. said that Berat K., whom he knew before, called him and asked him to give the gold to 2 people he would direct in Mecidiyeköy. After Bülent K. stated that he handed over the gold to 2 people he did not know, the teams examined the security camera footage. It was determined that the people who received the gold were Muhammed C. and Faruk A. Faruk A., who was found to be in a hotel during the investigation, was caught. It was learned that Berkan Ö. had 1 visit to the police, while Abdulkadir Y. and Bülent K. had 3 visits to the police.
5 SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED
Berkan Ö., Abdulkadir Y., Mehmet Emin Y., Bülent K. and Faruk A., whose procedures were completed at the police station, were sent to the courthouse. 5 suspects who were brought to court were arrested for 'Qualified fraud'. On the other hand, the moments when the suspects turned the money into gold and the moments when they met were also captured on security cameras.
