55 people detained in illegal betting investigation

According to the statement made by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, an investigation was launched against illegal betting sites as a result of the work carried out by the teams of the Provincial Police Department's Anti-Cyber ​​Crimes Branch Directorate.

As a result of the technical listening and tracking studies, it was determined that the suspects were operating illegal betting sites and that they were carrying out the infrastructure software and call center activities of these sites in an organized manner.

A simultaneous operation was organized in a total of 18 provinces, centered in Ankara and Adana, Aydın, Batman, Eskişehir, Şanlıurfa, Mersin, Yalova, Kahramanmaraş, İzmir, Sivas, Diyarbakır, Siirt, İstanbul, Antalya, Hatay, Erzurum and Edirne, and 55 of the 79 suspects for whom a detention order was issued were detained during the search and seizure operations carried out at the specified addresses.

As part of the investigation, 23 companies where operations were carried out were searched and trustees were appointed to these companies. A large amount of digital materials were seized at the addresses. It was determined that the total suspicious transaction volume of individuals and companies was approximately 21 billion 319 million lira.

It was determined that the leader of the organization siphoned the money from the companies he founded into his personal accounts, and that the salaries of illegal betting site employees were paid through crypto asset exchanges through company employees.

It was reported that the efforts to capture the other suspects continue in a multifaceted and meticulous manner.