Twitch members in 11 cities across Turkey for ill-gotten gain operation was performed. As part of the fraud investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, the teams affiliated to the Istanbul Cyber Crime Branch are on the Twitch platform. Unfair earnings in BIT currency raided the publishers who obtained it.
Statement from Twitch on the black money scandal
Twitch has recently made a statement against money laundering allegations that have not fallen off the agenda of social media.
While 44 suspects were identified, 40 were detained.
According to the information conveyed by TRT Haber, the operation Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, Mugla, Aydin, Eskisehir, Kocaeli, Balikesir, Manisa and Denizli held in the provinces.
According to the shared information, it was determined that the suspects made unfair profits through the BIT money purchased using the card information of others. In this context 40 out of 44 suspects He was detained in simultaneous raids.
The suspects, who were caught by the teams affiliated to the Istanbul Cyber Crime Branch, were taken to the Istanbul Security Directorate for questioning. On the other hand, during the search operations in the raided areas, confiscation of digital materials belonging to publishers when giving information; It was stated that efforts are underway to apprehend the remaining 4 suspects.