Within the scope of the ‘aggravated fraud’ investigation conducted by the Izmir Police Department Cyber Crimes Department under the coordination of the Izmir Republic Chief Prosecutor’s Office, it was determined that the suspects committed fraud by posting ‘additional work from home, home packaging work’ advertisements on social media and online websites.
It was determined that the suspects demanded money under various names such as deposit, insurance, data fees, and used fake company names and documents with official institution logos that they prepared in order to make people believe that the transactions were legal. The suspects, who were determined to have generally chosen housewives as their target audience, defrauded 17 people in Izmir for a total of 1 million 250 thousand TL and around 1000 people in Turkey for a total of 100 million TL.
Operation Details
Cyber Crime Department teams conducted operations in Izmir, Adana, Antalya, Batman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hakkari, Hatay, Istanbul, Kahramanmaras, Mersin, Osmaniye, and Samsun provinces on June 4. In the simultaneous operation called “Package”, which was carried out against a total of 70 suspects, 64 people were detained. Numerous digital materials and criminal elements were seized during searches conducted at the suspects’ addresses.
The suspects, whose procedures were completed at the police station, were sent to the courthouse this morning. It was reported that efforts to capture the other 6 suspects are ongoing.
