Minister of Internal Affairs: Operation was carried out against the 1 Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Platform
Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya announced that an operation was carried out in 21 provinces based in Ankara against a fraudulent cryptocurrency platform.
Under the coordination of the Department of Combating Cyber Crimes of the General Directorate of Security, based in Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul, Izmir, Eskişehir, Uşak, Aydın, Muğla, Kütahya, Çorum, Balıkesir, Denizli, Adana, Bursa, Malatya, Tekirdağ, Isparta, Karabük, Konya, Şırnak. and the CYBERGÖZ-42 operation was held in Samsun.
127 suspects who made illicit gains of $1 billion and committed international fraud were caught.
It was determined that the cryptocurrency platform called Smart Trade Coin directed citizens to invest with the promise of "high profits with zero risk", sold a bot application that performs automatic buy-sell transactions, created a pyramid scheme by promising profits to existing users if they bring in new users, and committed international fraud.
As a result of the operation, 177 immovable and 61 movable assets worth 1 billion TL, 1 licensed gun, 1 blank cartridge gun and many digital materials were seized.