Six months after the first arrests in the Twitch money laundering scandal, Turkish authorities have again had success and were able to arrest several people who are probably involved in the action.
At the end of 2021 it came out that allegedly 150 Twitch streamers, mostly from Turkey, involved in a money laundering scandal should have been. It was alleged that the hackers stole credit cards and then agreed with the streamers to donate them money in bits (the Twitch currency). The streamers then transferred 70 to 80 percent of the money to bank accounts owned by the hackers and kept the rest.
At some point, the whole thing became apparent after more and more small streamers had received unusually high bit donations. About two months later were related 40 people arrested.
Turkish special forces arrest another 18 people
As dailysabah reportson Tuesday, May 17, 2022, cybercrime units in Istanbul and other cities in Turkey conducted simultaneous operations during which the police officers arrested 18 suspects.
A suspect is still wanted by police for his role in the Twitch money laundering scandal, according to the report. The extent of this scandal was only revealed when Twitch mega leak the incomes of top earners became known on Twitch. The leak listed the streamer’s income for a good two years.
It turned out that some smaller streamers were making outrageous amounts of money, far in excess of what streamers their size normally get in the form of donations and subscribers. This is not the first large-scale action in the context of the money laundering scandal. It’s unclear how many people are suspected of being involved, but this new wave brings the number of arrests to 58.
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