These days, when the news of cryptocurrency fraud is increasing, another news came from Aydın.
According to NTV’s news, the network that committed fraud and laundered the proceeds of crime by converting them into crypto currencies was caught.
In the statement made by the Aydın Provincial Gendarmerie Command’s Cyber Crimes Department under the coordination of the Nazilli Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, it was stated that 9 people were detained in the operation carried out in 4 provinces (Istanbul, Mardin and Iğdır) centered in Aydın, and that efforts were continuing to capture 2 suspects.
As a result of the operation carried out in the news, law enforcement forces and the prosecutor’s office stated that the suspects designed many friendship, dating and chat concept websites and fake social media accounts and communicated with the victims through these fake sites; It was stated that they subsequently sent fake lawsuits, reconciliation and enforcement documents, which they created using the personal data of the victims they had captured, together with their lawyer ID photos, to the victims and received payments under the name of settlement fee, attorney fee and case closing fee by blackmailing them.
Law enforcement also found that the suspects laundered the proceeds of crime they seized from victims by converting them into cryptocurrencies through numerous crypto cold wallet and foreign cryptocurrency exchange transfers.
In the statement, it was stated that as a result of the work carried out in coordination with MASAK, the suspects laundered 9 billion 411 million 527 thousand 142 TL through crypto money.
*This is not investment advice.