03.11.2025 12:44
The "Dead Gang," which made a 100 million lira fraud by selling real estate belonging to orphans without heirs using fake documents and signatures, was dismantled thanks to the attention of a land registry officer. Among the gang members are a land registry officer, real estate agents, and contractors.
After their death, individuals who had no heirs had their real estate taken over by a group known as the 'Dead Gang' using forged documents and signatures, and then sold. They were caught thanks to the attention of a land registry officer.
OFFICER NOTICED THE FORGED DOCUMENT
According to allegations, Ş.B., who works at the Çubuk Land Registry Office in Ankara, noticed something unusual during a property transfer transaction made through the e-government citizen portal. When Ş.B. examined the documents sent for the property transfer, he realized that the documents were forged and fabricated.
NUMEROUS PROPERTIES CHANGED HANDS
After the incident was understood, a criminal complaint was filed. The Ankara Police Department's Financial Crimes Unit began a meticulous investigation under the direction of the Public Prosecutor's Office. Following technical and physical surveillance, it was determined that land, properties, and titles belonging to deceased individuals without heirs, as well as properties belonging to people living abroad, were taken over using forged documents, seals, and signatures, and then sold to others. It was revealed that the gang used this method to facilitate the transfer of many properties.
GANG MEMBERS CAUGHT WHILE PROCESSING FORGED DOCUMENTS AT THE LAND REGISTRY OFFICE
As part of the ongoing investigation, Y.O., identified as a contractor, H.N.S., who worked as an officer at the land registry, real estate agent H.Y., tradesman M.K., H.G., who engaged in land buying and selling, real estate agents M.B. and T.T., and university student Y.İ.O. were detained. Some members of the gang, who were continuously monitored by the teams, were caught while processing forged documents at the land registry office. Some moments of the gang members conducting the fraudulent transactions were captured on camera.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY DEFRAUDED 100 MILLION LIRA
Eight gang members brought before the Çubuk Criminal Court of Peace were arrested and sent to prison on charges of "forgery of official documents, fraud, establishing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime, bribery." It was determined that the gang members defrauded 100 million lira using these methods. The financial transactions carried out by the gang members were also reflected in MASAK reports.
THEY IDENTIFIED TITLES FROM THE OTTOMAN PERIOD BY OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM INSIDE
According to the information obtained, H.N.S., who worked as an officer at the Çubuk Land Registry Office, was tasked with identifying titles from the Ottoman period that belonged to deceased individuals without heirs, abandoned properties, and titles belonging to individuals living abroad who had no relatives nearby. H.N.S. relayed the information about the identified titles to contractor Y.O. Y.O. then forwarded this information to real estate agent T.T. to request the preparation of forged documents. T.T. prepared the forged title documents using a forged signature and seal and sent them back to contractor Y.O. After these transactions, the gang took over titles belonging to others using forged documents in the names of their acquaintances and relatives.