Turkish police detain suspects in multi‑million lira fraud schemes in Antalya and Afyonkarahisar

In Antalya, police arrested a suspect identified as A. C. İ. after a fraud operation in which gold‑looking counterfeit chains were sold to three jewelry shops, defrauding them of a total of 131,000 TL. Security camera footage helped locate the individual, three fake chains were seized, and the suspect was taken to court and jailed.

In Afyonkarahisar, investigators uncovered a large‑scale scam that targeted citizens by posing as police and claiming a FETÖ/PDY operation. Victims handed over roughly 6 million TL worth of gold, jewelry and foreign currency and transferred an additional 1.5 million TL from bank accounts, amounting to a total loss of about 7.5 million TL. Four suspects—identified as O. F. Ç, Y. E. A, S. A and M. C. S—were apprehended during coordinated raids in Istanbul, and two of them were subsequently sentenced to imprisonment.