Billion-dollar money traffic in illegal betting investigation: 76 detained

76 suspects were detained in the illegal betting operation organized in 5 provinces centered in Kütahya. A transaction volume of 14 billion 928 million 530 thousand lira was detected in the suspects' accounts.

In the illegal betting investigation carried out by the Kütahya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, a detention order was issued for 84 suspects, including the organization leader, organization manager and organization member. In addition to Kütahya, 76 suspects were detained in simultaneous raids in Burdur, Antalya, Eskişehir and Izmir. It was determined that the suspects were operating in an organized manner within two separate illegal betting structures. In the investigations carried out by the police teams, it was determined that 2 of the 84 suspects for whom a detention order was issued were leaders of the organization, 13 suspects were organization managers, 17 suspects were members of the organization, and 52 suspects had their bank accounts used for illegal betting activities. In addition, during the examination of the bank account movements of the suspects, it was determined that the total transaction volume was 14 billion 928 million 530 thousand TL.

Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Kütahya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was determined that 2 suspects were in prison, while efforts to capture 6 suspects continued.

On the other hand, 2 immovable properties and 10 vehicles, which were considered to have been obtained from crime, were seized within the scope of the investigation.