Payback for advertising: beautiful influencers from Turkey arrested for fraud

In the era of social networks, we need to be careful with the information we post in our accounts. More than a million users have subscribed to the pages of Simge Barankoglu and Yesim Aydin on Instagram. Recently, Turkish influencers have faced legal proceedings related to fraudulent activities on the Network. The girls were arrested for advertising a game in which people were bred for money.

Two beauties were arrested for participating in online fraud, accused of deceiving hundreds of subscribers. The police conducted a series of simultaneous raids in Izmir, Istanbul, Ankara, Kastamonu, Karabuk, Malatya and Mersin. As a result, 20 suspects were detained.

Among those arrested were popular influencers Simge Barakoglu, whose page is subscribed to about 1 million users, and Yesim Aydin, her audience is more modest — 161,000 people.

According to law enforcement agencies, a group of scammers deceived Internet users, informing them about the possibility of a large cash prize in the game in social networks. To get the prize, people had to first pay a certain fee.

During the raids, police seized computers, mobile phones, memory cards and other equipment used for fraudulent activities. 20 suspects are accused of defrauding 250 people across Turkey for a total of 3 million Turkish lira (about 20.5 million rubles).

Now 18 detainees, including Simge and Yesim, are in custody. Two suspects were released by court order.

Simge Barankoglu said that she earns money from advertising in social networks. She claims that she was unaware of the fraud, advertising the game on her page. The girl does not consider herself guilty.

Yesim Aydin said that she was also approached with a proposal for advertising. She accepted the offer of cooperation, unaware of the fraudulent scheme. The beauty says that she would never have agreed to such a thing, knowing about the deception.

The investigation is ongoing. The influencers will be behind bars until the end of the investigation.

Meanwhile, an instagrammer from Nigeria is facing 20 years in prison for laundering an impressive amount. The glamorous millionaire was a member of a criminal gang, deceiving large businessmen from the USA and around the world in fraudulent schemes.