A simultaneous operation was carried out against a 17-person gang playing games on virtual betting sites in 75 districts based in Istanbul and in the provinces of Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Balıkesir, İzmir, Rize and Mardin. It was determined that there was 1 billion liras of money traffic in the bank accounts of the members of the criminal organization.
The teams of Istanbul Police Department Anti-Cyber Crime Branch collapsed the betting gang with a major operation. A simultaneous operation was carried out against a network of 17 people playing online games over illegal betting sites in 75 districts based in Istanbul and the provinces of Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Balıkesir, İzmir, Rize and Mardin. After the intelligence studies, Istanbul Cyber police conducted an 8-month follow-up to decipher the activities of the betting site named 'TOTOBO', where illegal bets were placed. It turned out that 75 members of a 20-person criminal organization had criminal records from the terrorist organizations PKK, DHKP-C and MLKP. Police detained 57 members of the gang.
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It was also noteworthy that the members of the criminal organization had 1 billion liras of money in their bank accounts. It was also determined that the detectable money traffic of the criminal organization extended to North Macedonia and that they continued their illegal betting activities through the front companies they established in Istanbul. It was revealed that the leader of the criminal organization and his assistants bought 50 luxury vehicles worth 4 million liras with the money they earned.
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