The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Küçükçekmece has launched an investigation into a group that promised to provide cryptocurrency investment consultancy by setting up offices in different cities and using information systems as a tool for banks or credit institutions, under the scope of “aggravated fraud”.
As part of the investigation, operations were carried out by the Istanbul Provincial Gendarmerie Cyber Crimes Unit in Başakşehir, where the organization was determined to be based.
During the operation, 22 suspects were detained, including 6 in Istanbul, 8 in Kayseri, 5 in Mersin, and 1 each in Adana, Ankara, and Tekirdağ.
Various digital materials and organizational documents were seized during the searches. A total of 427 bank and cryptocurrency accounts used by the suspects were seized.
The suspects were transferred to Küçükçekmece Courthouse after their procedures at the police station.
22 suspects who gave statements to the prosecutor conducting the investigation were brought before the duty judge, with a request for two of them to be placed under judicial control measures, and the others to be arrested.
After providing their statements again in front of the duty judge, a decision was made to arrest 20 of the suspects for the crimes they were charged with, while one of the suspects was released with judicial control measures.
