ISTANBUL, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye has detained 118 suspects in operations targeting cyber fraud across 17 provinces over the past two weeks, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Friday.
Yerlikaya said the suspects' bank accounts recorded transactions totaling 2.183 billion Turkish lira (about 50.35 million U.S. dollars) between 2020 and 2026.
Investigators said the suspects were involved in illegal gambling, defrauding citizens using stolen personal data, illegally withdrawing money from bank accounts, posing as public officials, and running scams through fake social media ads.
Authorities seized digital materials and documents during the raids, and investigations are ongoing, Yerlikaya said. ■
