Telephone fraud operation in Üsküdar: 5 detained

79-year-old A.A., who applied to the Public Order Branch Directorate in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul on September 26, filed a complaint, saying that he was defrauded by people who called him on the phone and claimed to be police officers. Retired A.A. "They called me on the phone. They said they were police and that his name was involved in a fake gold and foreign currency operation. They said they would take the money and gold in the house to check. I believed them. I handed over the money and jewelry in the house to the person who came to my house and said he was a police officer. I was fasting that day. The person who came to take the money and gold said to me, 'We will bring the relics in 1.5-2 hours. We will come after you break your fast.' saying, he left the house. But when he never came back, I realized that I had been defrauded.” he said.

IMAGES REACHED

In the investigation launched by the Fraud Bureau regarding the incident, the police obtained security camera footage of the person who came to collect the money. In the footage, it was seen that the suspect waited on the street for a while, took pictures of the houses, and then headed towards the apartment building where A.A. was located. The suspect, who stayed inside for about half an hour, was seen to leave with a bag full of gold and gold coins.

THEY CONVERTED THE STOLEN MONEY AND GOLD INTO CRYPTO

The police traced these images and determined that, after a while, the suspect handed over the bag to another person waiting for him in a cafeteria. Studies showed that this person kept the bag for a day, then went to the Fatih region and converted gold and foreign currency into crypto money and put them in a cold wallet.

5 SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY

Fraud Bureau teams organized an operation to catch the suspects. He caught 5 people, including the suspects who came to take the money and gold, then took it and converted it into crypto money and put it in a cold wallet.

HE GAVE HIS COMMISSION TO THE POLICE, AND COULD NOT ESCAPE BEING ARRESTED