😱 Turkey 🇹🇷: crackdown on online gambling intensifies

😱 Turkey 🇹🇷: crackdown on online gambling intensifies

In a large-scale operation, police arrested 52 people in Istanbul, 21 of whom remain in custody. Among those involved is Erkan Kork, president of BankPozitif and payment provider PayFix.

🔴 Kork faces charges of money laundering from illegal gambling and facilitating unauthorized transactions.

🔴 Authorities seized his affiliated companies, including BankPozitif, PayFix, and the media outlet Flash TV. The bank's administration was transferred to Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF).

🔴 The Financial Crimes Investigation Commission (Masak) detected that PayFix processed approximately 50 million transactions linked to illegal gambling, totaling 4 billion Turkish lira, which were later transferred to cryptocurrency platforms.

🔴 As a result of the investigation, the Central Bank suspended all licenses of PayFix and two other payment companies, Ininal and Aypara, which are also under judicial investigation.

🔴 The total assets seized in the operation amount to $190 million USD.

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