Ten people from Sakarya who applied to a tourism agency based in Kocaeli to go on Umrah and paid money were deceived when their procedures were not carried out on the promised date, and they filed complaints stating that they were defrauded.
The Security Directorate Fraud Bureau Branch teams determined that the agency did not have sufficient documents for the Umrah organization and that they processed 400 people to go on Umrah through an authorized company in Ankara.
The teams found that, in exchange for 10 million lira from 400 people who applied from Sakarya, Kocaeli, Bursa, and Istanbul, the payment made by check to the company in Ankara was not accepted, leading to the victims’ distress.
During the investigation, the owner of the company, A.Ç., and four employees in Sakarya were detained.
After the procedures at the police station were completed, the suspects were sent to court.
