The gang that defrauded 1000 people of 100 million lira with the advertisement "Side job at home, packaging job at home" has been busted.

An operation was carried out in 12 provinces based in Izmir against fraud. 64 people who defrauded approximately 100 million lira from about 1000 people were caught and detained. 32 of the suspects were arrested.

As part of the investigation into qualified fraud conducted by the Izmir Cyber Crimes Unit under the coordination of the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, simultaneous operations were carried out in 12 provinces based in Izmir.

THEY DEFRAUDED 1000 PEOPLE OF 100 MILLION LIRA

It was determined that the suspects defrauded individuals who contacted them through social media and online websites with advertisements for "work from home, packaging work" by demanding money under the names of "deposit fee, insurance fee, data fee" and convincing them that the transactions were legal by using fake official documents with counterfeit official institution logos and fake company names, and they mainly targeted housewives as their victims. It was determined that they defrauded approximately 1 million 250 thousand TL from 17 victims identified in Izmir and approximately 100 million TL from about 1000 victims nationwide, thus obtaining unjust gains.

32 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED

In the simultaneous "Package Operation" carried out on July 4th at 05:30 in 12 provinces based in Izmir, a total of 70 suspects were caught and detained. Numerous digital materials and evidence of the crime were seized during the searches conducted at the suspects' addresses. After completing the procedures at the police station, the suspects were referred to the judicial authorities this morning. Out of the 64 suspects referred to the courthouse, 17 were released, and judicial control measures were applied to 15 suspects. 32 of the suspects were arrested by the court they were brought to.