30.12.2025 13:53
In an operation targeting a network identified as having gained trust in companies in Adana and then engaged in fraud through a scheme to bankrupt them, 15 people were arrested. The organization, which was found to have committed fraud amounting to approximately 328 million Turkish lira, had assets exceeding 300 million lira seized. It was determined that the money transfer traffic of the network reached 1.5 billion lira, and one of the organization members had 8 kilograms of gold found in their girlfriend's bank safe.
Adana Police Department's Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) Branch Financial Office teams conducted an operation following a tip-off that Mahir A.'s food company defrauded companies selling food after declaring concordat.
Police initiated technical and physical surveillance and determined that the organization led by Mahir A. and Yakup K. defrauded 22 food companies they gained trust from, amounting to 328 million lira within a year. As the investigation deepened, police discovered that the suspects established 8 shell companies under the names of employees and relatives working in their companies and attempted to hide their assets through these companies. After approximately 10 months of surveillance, police identified 25 suspects, including Mahir A. and Yakup K.
1.5 BILLION LIRA MONEY TRAFFIC IN BANK ACCOUNTS
On the other hand, the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) reported that there was approximately 1 billion 500 million lira of money traffic in the suspects' bank accounts within a year. It was determined that gang leader Yakup K. and Mahir A., who held managerial positions in their companies, issued worthless checks to the people they defrauded through shell companies and transferred their assets to their relatives.
8 KILOGRAMS OF GOLD TAKEN FROM THE BANK VAULT, CAUGHT
As a result of the police's meticulous surveillance, it was revealed that gang member Yakup K. used his girlfriend Meryem V. as a front to hide a total of 8 kilograms of gold bars in 1-kilogram pieces. After it was determined that Meryem V. was storing gold belonging to the organization in a safe opened in her name at the bank, police intensified their surveillance. Meryem V., who arrived at the bank by car, was caught and detained while taking gold bars from the safe.
25 SUSPECTS DETAINED
With these findings, teams simultaneously raided numerous addresses identified in 10 provinces centered in Adana. In the operation, 25 suspects, including Mahir A. and Yakup K., were detained. During searches at the suspects' addresses and vehicles, 285,800 lira, 11,943 dollars, 2,370 euros, gold and jewelry worth 7 million 745 thousand lira, 249 checks issued in different names, 111 promissory notes, 9 deeds, 26 separate company seals, numerous company documents, and digital materials were seized.
348 MILLION LIRA WORTH OF ASSETS SEIZED
Additionally, 25 vehicles, including luxury cars, and 29 houses, lands, and offices in different provinces, valued at approximately 348 million lira, which were considered to be obtained from the crime, as well as the 8 kilograms of gold found in Meryem V.'s bag, were seized.
THEY DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS
During the interrogation at the police station, suspect Yakup K. stated, "I have no signature authority or connection with the mentioned companies. I have no knowledge or involvement in the fraud."
Mahir A. said, "I was brought into the management of the company recently. Yakup K. called me, and I was only managing the concordat process. I did not commit fraud."
After their procedures at the police station, 15 suspects, including Yakup K. and Mahir A., were sent to the courthouse, where they were arrested by the court. Of the suspects, 8 were released under judicial control, and 2 were released by the prosecutor's order.