Aşkım Kapışmak detained: Transferred to Ankara

Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya announced on his X account that the “SIBERGOZ-42” operations had been carried out. Yerlikaya stated, "127 suspects who were determined to have obtained 1 billion dollars in illicit gains and carried out international fraud activities have been apprehended."

Yerlikaya's post is as follows:

"SIBERGOZ-42 operations were carried out in 21 provinces, centered in Ankara, against individuals who committed qualified fraud under the guise of “High Profit with Zero Risk” through a so-called crypto asset trading platform called “Smart Trade Coin.”

127 suspects who were determined to have obtained 1 billion dollars in illicit gains and carried out international fraud activities have been apprehended.

We are on the heels of those who commit qualified fraud using information systems. Just as in our Blue Homeland, our virtual patrols are on duty 24/7 in our Cyber Homeland!

Under the coordination of the General Directorate of Security's Cyber Crimes Combat Department; as a result of the work carried out by the Ankara Provincial Police Department's Cyber Crimes Combat Branch; in the operations conducted in Ankara, as well as Antalya, Istanbul, Izmir, Eskisehir, Usak, Aydin, Mugla, Kutahya, Corum, Balikesir, Denizli, Adana, Bursa, Malatya, Tekirdag, Isparta, Karabuk, Konya, Sirnak, and Samsun, targeting the crimes of “Qualified Fraud, Establishing an Organization for the Purpose of Committing Crimes, and Laundering Assets Derived from Crime”;

It was determined that citizens were directed to invest through the so-called crypto asset trading platform “Smart Trade Coin” with the promise of “High Profit with Zero Risk,”

Bot applications that perform automatic buy-sell transactions were sold, and

127 suspects were apprehended for carrying out international fraud by creating a “Ponzi Scheme” system that promised earnings to existing users if they brought in new users, and for obtaining 1 billion dollars (approximately 32 billion TL) in illicit gains.

As a result of the operations:

177 real estate properties and 61 movable assets worth 1 billion TL,

1 unlicensed pistol,

1 blank-firing pistol, and

A large number of digital materials were seized.

I congratulate our heroic police officers who carried out the operations. May God protect you. Our nation's prayers are with you."

Ankara merkezli 2??1?? ilde “Smart Trade Coin” isimli sözde kripto varlık alım/satım platformu üzerinden “Sıfır Risk İle Yüksek Kazanç” vaadiyle nitelikli dolandırıcılık suçunu işleyen şahıslara yönelik “SİBERGÖZ-42” operasyonları düzenlendi.

1?? Milyar Dolar haksız kazanç elde… pic.twitter.com/4NTV0cUhP9

— Ali Yerlikaya (@AliYerlikaya) May 30, 2024

AŞKIM KAPIŞMAK DETAINED

It has been learned that Behavioral Sciences Specialist and author Aşkım Kapışmak, who was detained within the scope of the investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in which 127 suspects were apprehended for obtaining a billion dollars in illicit gains and carrying out international fraud, was taken by police to Ankara, where the investigation is being conducted, after his procedures were completed.