They swindled an elderly woman out of 900 thousand liras!

Two suspects, who went to the home of 80-year-old N.T., residing in the rural Horasanlı Neighborhood of Denizli's Tavas district, and introduced themselves as gendarmerie personnel, intimidated the elderly woman with the lie: "Your son living in Germany has been arrested. If you do not hand over the gold and money in the house to us, you will also be arrested."

The suspects, who took the 100 thousand TL in cash and gold worth approximately 800 thousand TL that the elderly woman had hidden in her home, fled the area in the vehicle they arrived in.

THEIR IDENTITIES WERE DETERMINED IN A SHORT TIME

After the suspects left, the elderly woman told her neighbors and relatives what she had experienced, and when it was understood that she had been defrauded, the situation was reported to the Denizli Provincial Gendarmerie Command. As a result of detailed and persistent work by the Gendarmerie Criminal Investigation Teams (JASAT), which are the gendarmerie's detectives, and the Tavas District Gendarmerie Command teams, the vehicle used by the fraud suspects and their identities were determined.

Organizing an operation on 2 addresses identified in the Denizli city center, JASAT detectives caught the 3 suspects who carried out the fraud incident along with the money and gold they had taken from the elderly woman.

THEY WERE CAUGHT AFTER 4 HOURS

The elderly woman, who was defrauded by being intimidated through her son, regained the gold and money she had handed over to the fraudsters with her own hands in as short a time as 4 hours. Aykut T. (31), Sezgin Ö. (28), and Berkay Kemal A. (25), who were caught before they could spend the money and gold they had swindled, were taken to the police station for questioning.

In the GBT (General Information Gathering) inquiry of the suspects, it was determined that Aykut T. had 11 criminal records and Berkay Kemal A. had 3.

Of the suspects referred to judicial authorities on charges of qualified fraud, Aykut T. and Sezgin Ö. were arrested and sent to prison, while Berkay Kemal A. was released under judicial control.

It was reported that the investigation into the incident is ongoing.

News Source: İHA