Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya announced that the "CYBERGOZ-8" operation was carried out simultaneously in 32 provinces based in Istanbul, against individuals who introduced themselves as investment consultants and committed the crime of qualified fraud with the promise of "Forex Investment and High Earnings".
8️⃣32️⃣ suspects were caught in the "CYBERGOZ-1" operations carried out simultaneously against individuals who introduced themselves as investment consultants and committed the crime of qualified fraud with the promise of "Forex Investment and High Earnings" in 9️⃣ provinces based in Istanbul❗️
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Minister Yerlikaya, under the coordination of the General Directorate of Security, Department of Combating Cyber Crimes; In the operation carried out in 8 provinces as a result of the work carried out by the Cyber Crimes Branch Directorate of Istanbul Provincial Police Department, they introduced themselves as "Investment Consultants" and directed the citizens they contacted to a fake website with the promise of "Forex Investment and High Earnings", showing non-existent earnings on the site and trying to obtain these earnings. He explained that they determined that they were making money by demanding money under various excuses.
In the operation where a large number of digital materials were seized, Minister Yerlikaya congratulated the heroic police officers who carried out the operations.