The incident took place in Samsun’s Atakum district. Scammers posing as police officers called a 48-year-old resident and claimed that the victim’s identity details had been used by a criminal organization.
Victim handed over valuables after being intimidated by fake police
The suspects frightened the victim by saying that the jewelry and cash kept at the residence needed to be examined as part of a purported investigation. The victim personally handed over gold and cash worth approximately 1.5 million liras to a person who came to the residence.
Suspect caught in Çorum
Following a report, teams from the Anti-Fraud Bureau of the Public Order Branch Directorate of the Samsun Provincial Police Department launched an investigation and determined that the person who received the money and gold was M. C., 25. After establishing that the suspect was in Çorum, an operation was conducted in coordination with teams from the Çorum Provincial Police Department.
Detained with the jewelry
M. C. was caught and detained during the operation with all of the jewelry and cash involved in the crime, worth approximately 1.5 million liras. The recovered money and gold were placed in custody for return to their owner.
The investigation is ongoing.