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(Milliyet Newspaper, 24 April 2021)
Have I got a deal for you!
In Beşiktaş, Istanbul, nine Africans who sold 4 kilograms of fake gold to
an individual for $130,000 (!) have been arrested. The suspects'
counterfeiting press and fake gold were seen on video footage.
The incident occurred on 17 April at a hotel in Beşiktaş. Burhan Ö. (47)
agreed with people he met in the Aksaray section of the city to buy 4
kilograms of gold for $130,000. Next, Burhan Ö. and his wife met
with the suspects at a luxury hotel on Saray Avenue in the Cihannüma
neighborhood of Beşiktaş, where the suspect turned over 4 kilograms
of fake gold to them.
The suspects took the $130,000 from Burhan Ö. and told him that
they put it in a strongbox in a hotel room and if a problem developed
with the gold Burhan Ö. could come and get his money back out of
the strongbox.
Out of Africa
A day later, Burhan Ö. and his wife went to a jeweler with the gold,
only to find out that it was fake. Burhan Ö. called the suspects, who
readily gave him back the money in counterfeit dollars (!) and left
the hotel. Burhan Ö. subsequently realized that, like the gold, the
dollars were fake, too, so he went to the police.
The police determined the identities and addresses of the hoodwinkers
and arrested the nine Africans in a flat on Dalyan Street in the
Harmantepe neighborhood of the city's Kağıthane district. The suspects
claimed that they printed "original money" with a machine they designed
and sent videos of their operation to prospective customers to establish
trust.
At the gang's operations center, police found a large amount of
dollars, Euros and the counterfeit money printing machine. The police
also obtained video of Burhan Ö. entering the hotel, the suspects'
printing machine and a large amount of fake foreign currency.
I'd turn back if I were you, Burhan bey.
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