Operation against fake bank employee gang in Trabzon: 50 million TL in transactions, 5 arrests

Trabzon Police Department's Fraud Bureau launched an operation against a gang that posed as bank employees and conducted money transfers over the phone. A MASAK investigation identified approximately 50 million TL in financial transactions connected to the suspects.

Teams conducted simultaneous raids on 8 addresses, including residences used as call centers by the gang. In the operation, 7 suspects were taken into custody; numerous digital materials and SIM cards were seized at the addresses, along with identity documents belonging to different individuals, an unlicensed firearm, and narcotics.

Of the 7 suspects referred to the prosecutor's office, 5 were arrested by the court and 2 were released under judicial supervision. Police are continuing their investigation.

Notably, the call center model in phone fraud schemes has been used in previous cases by organizations based in Istanbul and Ankara, while the Trabzon operation is among the first large-scale raids of this type documented in this region.