Artificial intelligence investment scam! They transferred $500 million

The "fraud" operation was organized by the Cyber ​​Crimes Department Police Department affiliated with the Istanbul Police Department. A network that was committing fraud with fake investment advertisements on social media platforms was detected. It was determined that the network members were defrauding many people through artificial intelligence-supported fake investment sites created with the promise of high earnings. According to the findings of the Cyber ​​Police; the network members convinced the victims to start their so-called investments with low amounts through call centers by saying that they would provide high financial gains and defrauded the victims of large amounts.

THEY CONVERTED THEIR MONEY INTO CRYPTO

It was determined that members of the network, who committed approximately 65 million liras of fraud in 21 separate incidents, transferred approximately 500 million dollars of illegal earnings to a cryptocurrency exchange based in Cambodia and tried to hide the trace of the income obtained from the crime. In a simultaneous operation conducted in a total of 28 provinces centered in Istanbul, 72 network members were caught and detained. During the searches, 21,100 dollars, 138 thousand liras, two unlicensed abancas, 86 bullets, five gold bracelets, seven gold bracelets, two gold necklaces, two gold earrings, two gold rings, one gold pendant, one ancestral gold, two full gold coins, 14 half gold coins and two quarter gold coins were seized.