The Turkish police’s cybersecurity unit has received numerous reports of their digital currency being lost, and police have now detained 11 people suspected of hacking emails, user accounts and cryptocurrency wallets.
Hackers steal $80,000 worth of cryptocurrency
Sabah Daily reported that 14 individuals reported to the authorities that their cryptocurrency wallets had been stolen. The coins inside were transferred to other wallets and exchanged for fiat currency. After investigation, the hacker stole 437,000 lire worth of bitcoin (contract $80,000).
According to a detailed report by Liberty Daily, cybercrime law enforcement has tracked down mobile phone numbers used to register trading platforms for cryptocurrency transactions, targeting some of the suspects.
On October 26, the department jointly arrested 11 people with the SWAT at various locations in Istanbul. Currently, 10 suspects remain in custody. Police also seized 18 mobile phones as well as SIM cards, 22 memory sticks, six laptops, three hard drives, a tablet, two driver's licenses, and a forged ID card.
During the investigation, police tracked down suspects who wanted to withdraw cash from various banks and ATMs. The camera repeatedly caught them trying to withdraw cash. Investigators are still looking for other victims.
Turks are turning to Bitcoin in times of turmoil
Turkey, a national and regional powerhouse of around 80 million people, has recently been going through a difficult period both economically and politically. The country’s fiat currency, the lira, has been hit by hyperinflation and has fallen sharply against the dollar, with prices down 45 percent in the first seven months of the year.
These circumstances have led many Turks to ditch the lira and the dollar for cryptocurrencies. In August, BTC trading volumes on Turkish exchanges and peer-to-peer platform Localbitcoins exploded amid rumors that banks might no longer support U.S. dollar accounts and the government’s call not to use foreign currencies, especially the U.S. dollar.
Cryptocurrencies have become increasingly popular, but so has the number of scams. Many Turks have invested in Turcoin, a so-called "national digital currency" that is a competitor to the "global currency bitcoin." Turcoin was revealed to be a Ponzi scheme this summer, and the Istanbul-based company stopped paying dividends in June after its founder allegedly absconded with millions of dollars in investors.
Earlier this year, Turkish media reported that the websites of many popular hotels in Bodrum, Antalya and other resorts were fake. Fraudsters use similar domains to threaten to shut down the hotel’s domain name and demand a ransom in cryptocurrency.
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