They scammed 36 thousand people by selling the same timeshare property twice! 1 day vacation every 5 thousand years.

A police operation was carried out against a gang that defrauded at least 36 thousand people for 10 billion liras in Yalova. During the operation, 14 people were arrested, and it was revealed that some victims were defrauded twice.

"FREE VACATION" INVITATION AND FRAUD

Yalova Police Department, evaluating the received reports, determined that a tourist hotel and facilities in the Thermal district invited people to the location with the promise of a free vacation, convinced them with specially trained individuals, applied psychological pressure, and made them sign contracts promising to sell timeshare shares and defrauded them.

29 PEOPLE DETAINED IN 5 CITIES

Following technical and physical surveillance, simultaneous operations were carried out in Yalova, Istanbul, Aydin, Adana, and Kutahya on June 10th to capture 30 suspects. As a result, 29 people were detained.

A TOTAL OF 14 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED

After the interrogations, 11 people, including Orhan Karaderili, accused of being the leader of the profit-oriented criminal organization, his wife Elvan Karaderili, the CEO of the company Tevfik Murat Talas, and actor Yusuf Atala, who appeared in advertisements, were arrested. 16 people were released under judicial control, and 2 people were released by the prosecutor's office. In the second operation, 3 out of 10 detained individuals were arrested, while 7 individuals were released under judicial control.

DEFRAUDED AT LEAST 36 THOUSAND PEOPLE FOR 10 BILLION LIRAS

In the investigation, interesting information was obtained by re-examining the criminal complaints that were previously dismissed. It was determined that the suspects convinced the individuals they hosted in their facilities for timeshare and cheap vacations to sign contracts with the help of specially trained individuals. It was revealed that they obtained an unfair profit of 10 billion liras from at least 36 thousand people, including judges, prosecutors, and high-level bureaucrats.

ONLY 1 DAY VACATION IN 5 THOUSAND YEARS

In the joint investigation carried out by Yalova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and Police Department, it was calculated that the individuals who were defrauded with the dream of buying timeshares and having cheap vacations could only have 1 day of vacation in 5 thousand years. The bank transactions of the companies and individuals to whom the fraudsters transferred the money are also being examined separately. Their accounts were seized, and applications were made to appoint trustees to their companies.

DEFRAUDED WITH THE PROMISE OF SAVING THE VICTIMS

Meanwhile, it was revealed that the individuals who took the mobile phone and identity information of the victims when leaving the criminal organization formed during the investigation, called each victim one by one and defrauded them by saying, "They defrauded you. We know. We are aware of what you have been through. We will take your money and give it back to you." Yalova Police also detained these individuals as part of the investigation.

CONSUMER COURT UNABLE TO MEET DEMAND

In Yalova, due to the increase in complaints after the timeshare and cheap vacation incidents, the Civil Court, which previously handled fraud cases due to the lack of complaints, established the first Consumer Court in the courthouse. It was learned that a request was made to open new Consumer Courts due to the increasing number of applications.