Details emerge in ROK investigation: Cracked phone network reveals massive operation! The Halil Falyalı detail

As part of an investigation conducted by the Adana Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Bureau of Investigation for Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Crimes, a large-scale operation was carried out against an organized crime structure assessed to be operating on a national and international scale.

Following technical and physical surveillance by the Adana Police Department's Cyber Crimes Branch, it was determined that the organization was committing the crimes of "illegal betting," "qualified fraud using information systems," "bribery," and "laundering of assets derived from crime."

DETERMINED TO HAVE LAUNDERED PROCEEDS OF CRIME THROUGH VARIOUS SYSTEMS

According to the investigation file, the organization laundered the proceeds of crime by circulating them through electronic money institutions, bank accounts, virtual POS systems, currency exchange offices, jewelers, shell companies, and crypto asset systems.

Examinations of bank transactions, HTS records, digital materials, and crypto asset analyses revealed that the organization had established private software infrastructures and panel systems, and provided financial infrastructure for illegal betting sites.

200 BILLION LIRA MOVEMENT IN MASAK REPORTS

It was stated that as a result of analyses and financial examinations prepared by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), suspicious financial movements and money laundering activities at the level of approximately 200 billion Turkish liras were identified.

Within the scope of the investigation, detention warrants were issued for 198 suspects, including 3 bank managers, 8 police personnel, 4 lawyers, as well as Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı and Selahattin Akın Uzun, who is identified as the leader of the organization.

SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION CONDUCTED IN 21 PROVINCES

In simultaneous operations carried out on May 14, centered in Adana across 21 provinces, 161 suspects were detained.

Within the scope of the operation, 221 properties, 120 vehicles, and 3 boats assessed to belong to the suspects and companies were seized.

THE STARTING POINT OF THE INVESTIGATION WAS A CRACKED PHONE

It emerged that the foundation of the massive operation was based on a mobile phone seized during another operation conducted in Adana in 2024.

Police teams conducted an operation on the home of Serdal Tanak, who was identified as an organization member accused of "qualified fraud." During the operation, 8 unlicensed pistols, numerous cryptocurrency mining devices, and digital materials were seized.

Cyber police teams, who cracked the password of the arrested Tanak's mobile phone, reached details regarding the structure and activities of the organization in the correspondence on the device.

"AKIN ABI" DETAIL ENTERED THE FILE

In police investigations, it was determined that Serdal Tanak acted in accordance with the instructions of Selahattin Akın Uzun, identified as the leader of the organization, and played an active role in the management of the organization.

Following these findings, the evidence-gathering process for the operation was accelerated. It was learned that MASAK reports regarding Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı were also included in the investigation file.

ALLEGATION OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH Halil Falyalı

It was alleged that Selahattin Akın Uzun, who is stated to be a TRNC citizen, managed the organization from abroad. It was noted that Uzun, who is said to have connections in Montenegro and the TRNC, used the TRNC as an operations center.

The investigation file included findings that Uzun had established a close relationship with Halil Falyalı, who was killed in 2022, and his circle for digital data processes.

It was stated that the date of the operation was planned accordingly upon learning that Uzun, who is said to have never come to Turkey, would come to Istanbul for a relative's wedding.

DETERMINED THAT THE SHARE RATIO IN THE ORGANIZATION WAS 70 PERCENT

It was determined that Selahattin Akın Uzun, who was caught before going to the wedding in Istanbul, had a 70 percent profit-sharing ratio within the organization.

It was noted that organization members referred to Uzun as "Akın abi" (Brother Akın) and that financial movements were tracked with daily and weekly reports.

135 SUSPECTS ARRESTED

Of the suspects whose procedures at the police station were completed, 7 were released upon the instruction of the prosecutor's office. The remaining 154 suspects were referred to the courthouse on May 17.

Of the suspects brought before the court, 135 people, including Selahattin Akın Uzun, Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı, and Serdal Tanak, who is already in prison, were arrested.