14.10.2025 12:22
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued detention orders for 60 suspects on the grounds that they generated over 1.3 billion Turkish lira in criminal income by operating as a criminal organization under the Dağ Group company and laundered the proceeds through various methods. As part of the investigation, 255 real estate properties, 60 vehicles, 24 company shares, and the suspects' bank accounts and cryptocurrency assets have been seized.
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The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office's Office for the Prevention of the Financing of Terrorism and Money Laundering has claimed that, as part of an investigation conducted under the Dağ Group in Laleli, money transactions made with some countries, primarily Libya, were acquired through companies via various payment systems, and that foreign bank cards obtained illegally were used for fictitious transactions at POS devices.
1 BILLION 300 MILLION CRIMINAL INCOME
As part of the investigation, it was reported that the suspects obtained a total of more than 1 billion 300 million lira in criminal income from commissions resulting from a transaction volume of over 47 billion lira, and that the funds obtained were presented as if they were acquired through commercial activities such as invoicing and recording in legal books, while it was claimed that the criminal proceeds introduced into the system were laundered through various methods.
255 REAL ESTATES, 60 VEHICLES, AND ALL FUNDS SEIZED
Within the scope of the investigation, detention orders were issued for 60 suspects on charges of "establishing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime," "usury," "money laundering of assets derived from crime," and "violating Article 28 of Law No. 6493 on Payment and Securities Settlement Systems, Payment Services, and Electronic Money Institutions." Additionally, 255 real estates, 60 vehicles, 24 company partnership shares, and the suspects' bank accounts and crypto assets were seized. It was learned that operations for the capture of the suspects, searches at their workplaces and residences, and the seizure of digital materials and documentary evidence used in the crime are ongoing.
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