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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 June 2023)
Teams from the Cyber Crimes Unit in Istanbul made an investigation of
some TikTok phenoms in light of the phenoms' disproportionate spending
and lavish lifestyles, in comparison to their incomes. It was clear to the
teams that something fishy was going on.
It turned out that some people who stole credit cards were in cahoots with
the phenoms, such that by means of a convoluted arrangement "tokens"
sent by fans via credit cards during live TikTok broadcasts were converted
to money and a commission paid by the phenoms to the thieves.
More than 4,000 bank accounts belonging to 215 individuals were
examined in the investigation, which determined that 1.2 billion TL
(about $50 million (!)) in dirty money was involved. Yesterday morning,
an operation was launched centered in Istanbul but including a total of
37 provinces to apprehend these 215 individuals. Ultimately, 120 people
were taken into custody and 32 flats, 9 fields, 6 business places, a villa,
38 automobiles, partner shares in 14 companies, 1,700 bank and crypto
money accounts, 82,000 TL, $17,300, 6,650 Euros, 2 unlicensed guns,
1 blank-shooting gun, 93 bullets, drugs and a large amount of digital
material.
Among the phenoms arrested was Onur Sermik, who has 1.5 million
followers and 9,397,000 TL in his bank account; Fırat Özaltlar, who
has 785,000 followers and 4,560,000 TL in his account; Kenan Kerim
Kekeç, who has 107,000 followers and 7,690,000 TL in his account;
Adem Korkmaz, who has 624,000 followers and 4,500,000 TL in his
account; Fatma Nur Karpuz, with 2.7 million followers and 1.1 million
TL in her account; Tülay Bülbül, with 1.7 million followers and
550,000 TL in her account; and Murat Noyan, with 9.5 million
followers and 1.2 million TL in his account. (!)
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