01.02.2025 09:41
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that in the "Cell-7" operations targeting an organized crime group that called citizens in 13 provinces centered in İzmir, claiming "There is a lawsuit against you," 88 suspects were apprehended, including the leader of the organization, and 61 of them were arrested.
Interior Minister Yerlikaya stated in a post on his social media account that the organized fraud crime group led by C.A., which defrauded citizens by saying, "You have a lawsuit against you," was dismantled in the "Cell-7" operations conducted in 13 provinces centered in İzmir. He announced that 88 suspects, including the leader, were captured during the operations. Minister Yerlikaya noted that 61 of the suspects were arrested, while judicial control measures were imposed on 27 of them.
THEY INTRODUCED THEMSELVES AS 'MEDIATOR LAWYERS'
Minister Yerlikaya provided the following information regarding the operation:
"In coordination with the İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the General Directorate of Security's Public Order Department; as a result of the efforts of the Public Order and Intelligence Branch Directorates of the İzmir Provincial Police Department; investigations were initiated by our prosecutors against the suspects who are members of the Organized Fraud Crime Group captured in operations conducted in Istanbul, Aydın, Bursa, Balıkesir, Antalya, Muğla, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Batman, Kırklareli, and Adana, by calling our citizens, introducing themselves as 'mediator lawyers, enforcement officers,' and defrauding them by saying, 'You have a lawsuit against you,' and collecting money under the guise of mediation fees, and for establishing an organization to commit fraud and crimes.
A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS SEIZED
As a result of the operations, unlicensed firearms, various amounts of narcotic substances, a large amount of foreign currency and Turkish Lira, as well as numerous digital materials were seized. I congratulate our İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, which coordinated the operations, and our heroic police officers who carried out the operations."