Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya announced that operations were carried out in 21 provinces against those who earned high profits with zero risk through the so-called “Smart Trade Coin” crypto platform. 127 people, who were said to have earned $1 billion in profit during the operation, were caught.
Although cryptocurrencies and platforms have become widespread, they can be at the center of fraud cases. Unfortunately, this situation is quite common in Turkey as well as all over the world. A statement from the Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya today, crypto scam It reveals that a major operation was carried out.
Yerlikaya, in his post on his official account, said: “In 21 provinces, centered in Ankara,“Smart Trade Coin” Operations named “SİBERGÖZ-42” were carried out against the so-called crypto asset buying/selling platform. As part of the operations, the suspects were detained and assets worth a large amount of money were seized.
It was determined that 1 billion dollars of illicit gain was obtained, 127 suspects were caught
According to the minister’s statement, “High with Zero Risk” with the promise of profit aggravated fraud crime was being processed. As a result of operations involving 21 provinces from Antalya to Izmir, from Eskişehir to Çorum, from Balıkesir to Tekirdağ, It was determined that he had gained 1 billion dollars of illicit profit. and acts of international fraud 127 suspects were caught.
Apart from this, it was reported that the bot application that performs automatic buy-sell transactions was sold and a “ponzi chain” was created by promising profits to existing users if they bring new ones. Thus, it was determined that the fraudsters committed an international fraud and earned a profit of 1 billion dollars, equivalent to approximately 32 billion TL.
At the end of the operations, the total 177 immovable and 61 movable assets worth 1 billion TL captured. It was also reported that 1 unlicensed gun, 1 blank gun and many digital materials were seized.
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