Bulgarians at the ATMs; Fake Spies Nabbed

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(HaberTürk Newspaper, 21 June 2017)


And you thought using an ATM was easy...

Three Bulgarians came to Izmir in May to survey the city's ATMs. They
returned last week with 10 card-copying devices, planning to steal money
from the accounts of hundreds of people per day.  The suspects also had
stripe cameras that are essentially invisible when put on ATMs.

Izmir police detected a card-copying device on an ATM in Karşıyaka and
security camera footage revealed that individuals driving a car with
Bulgarian license plates had come and placed the device.  Further
investigations revealed that Bulgarians P.P.S., M.T.G. and R.D.S. had
entered Turkey at the Dereköy Border Gate on 27 May.

When the suspects reentered Turkey on 14 June, they were apprehended
by police.



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türkçe links to original Turkish article

(HaberTürk Newspaper, 21 June 2017)


Even fake secret agents get caught sometimes.

Three individuals identifying themselves as members of the Turkish
National Intelligence Organization (TNIO), offered to help a
businessman in Muğla whose brother is in jail in connection with
operations mounted against the Fethullah Gülen Terror Organization
(FETÖ).

The three suspects, H.Y., S.K. and Ç.Y., came to the Bayır neighborhood
in Muğla and asked the businessman, who has a marble factory, for 3
milyon TL (about $750,000) to get his brother out of jail.  The
businessman agreed but asked for a little time to raise the money.
The suspects concurred and waited in Muğla.

The businessman contacted police and a sting operation was set up.
Police arranged for the businessman to give the suspects $15,000 in
marked bills as a down payment.  Later, police nabbed the suspects
and the money in a hotel in nearby Menteşe.


Fethullah Gülen heard the news in Saylorsburg PA.