02.07.2026 11:53
In Bursa, an organized fraud network posing as police officers defrauded an elderly couple of approximately 100 million lira by keeping them under psychological pressure for 2.5 months. During operations, 14 suspects were apprehended, and 6 were arrested.
An organized fraud ring posing as police in Bursa scammed an elderly couple out of approximately 100 million lira by keeping them under psychological pressure for 2.5 months. During the final meeting, gang members said, 'The operation was successfully completed, congratulations,' offered sweets to the victim couple, and left the scene. Following months of technical and physical surveillance, 14 suspects were caught in simultaneous operations, and 6 were arrested.
THEY PROCURED OPEN LINES FROM ABROAD
According to information obtained, the suspects contacted the elderly couple via open lines procured from abroad, introducing themselves as police. The fraudsters told the couple that numerous phone lines and bank accounts had been opened in their names and that these accounts were used by terrorist organizations, scaring and manipulating them with the lie, 'We will cooperate with you. We will search your home and examine your valuables for fingerprints.'
Using this method, the suspects took delivery of foreign currency and valuables worth approximately 4 million 250 thousand lira. Not content with that, the gang made about 7 million 600 thousand lira in expenditures through shell companies using the victims' credit cards. The elderly couple's seven registered properties were sold for well below their actual value.
THE COUPLE'S TOTAL LOSS IS APPROXIMATELY 100 MILLION LIRA
To prevent the crime from being uncovered, the fraudsters sent a member to the home to delete messages and all digital evidence from the victims' phones. At the end of the fraud process that lasted about 2.5 months, the gang members said, 'The operation is complete, congratulations,' offered sweets to the elderly couple, and left the house. The couple's total loss was determined to be approximately 100 million lira.
In the investigation coordinated by the Mudanya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and conducted by teams from the Bursa Provincial Police Department's Public Order Branch Fraud Bureau, it was determined that the initial calls were made from abroad. As part of approximately six months of technical surveillance, 70 hours of footage from 40 different security cameras were examined, and the identities of the suspects were identified one by one.
14 PEOPLE DETAINED IN SIMULTANEOUS OPERATIONS
In simultaneous operations conducted in Bursa, Istanbul, Mersin, Sanliurfa, Rize, Artvin, Aydin, Konya, and the Sarp Border Gate, 14 suspects were detained. During searches at the suspects' addresses, numerous digital materials were seized, and three vehicles believed to be proceeds of crime were confiscated.
Of the suspects sent to court, 6 were arrested and sent to prison. Judicial control measures were imposed on 5 suspects, while 3 were released by the prosecutor's office. It was learned that 3 suspects identified as involved in the incident are already in prison for other crimes.