They Sold 61 Vehicles Using the 'Change' Method: Arrest Warrants Issued for 23 Suspects.
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The Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that arrest warrants have been issued for 23 suspects in an investigation into individuals who allegedly adapted the serial numbers of heavily damaged vehicles to those of seized or impounded vehicles and sold them to third parties.
In an operation targeting "car swapping" across four provinces, centered in Istanbul, 17 suspects were apprehended, and approximately 120 million Turkish Lira worth of fraud was uncovered in 61 separate incidents. One victim, who learned that the car he bought by selling his gold was a "car swap" only after being contacted by the police, demanded that the suspects be punished.
A major fraud on the used car market has been discovered in Turkey, where a criminal group is suspected of selling counterfeit vehicles.
Numerous suspects have been detained in two separate "car swap" investigations centered in Ankara and Istanbul. In Istanbul, 61 vehicles were found to have been sold, while in Ankara, assets worth 306 million TL were seized.
In an operation targeting a "car swap" ring in Istanbul, 17 suspects were apprehended. The suspects, who were found to have defrauded victims of 120 million Turkish Lira, were also found to be involved in 61 separate crimes. It was noteworthy that the suspects had plastered pictures of the stolen vehicles on walls.
The investigation into suspects who sold them to third parties by adapting the serial numbers of heavily damaged vehicles to confiscated or captured vehicles, 17 of the 23 suspects who were granted detention orders were arrested.
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