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CASE 020  |  Unidentified  |  November 15, 2017  |  Turkey
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  20
  date                November 15, 2017
  original_date       November 15, 2017
  year                2017
  month               11
  quarter             2017-Q4
  victim              Unidentified
  location            Istanbul, Turkey
  country             Turkey
  scenario            Authority Misuse
  description         Gang stole $2.83M in BTC from businessman
  kidnappings         0
  violence_torture    0
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             1
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        $2.83M
  coin_type           BTC
  reports             Daily Sabah
  notes               5 people posing as policemen
  has_processed_date  1
  created_at          2025-11-13 05:44:45

AI SUMMARY  [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
  **Victim:** Unidentified
  
  **Attackers:** Gang/organized group
  
  **Attack Method:** Authority Misuse
  
  **Violence Used:** Threats/intimidation
  
  **Crypto Stolen:** $2.83M in BTC
  
  **Status:** Investigation ongoing

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2017/11/15/turkish-police-detain-gang-who-stole-bitcoins-worth-283m

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 21: exact date + country, unique candidate

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ARTICLE 1
  Source   Daily Sabah
  URL      https://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2017/11/15/turkish-police-detain-gang-who-stole-bitcoins-worth-283m
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 21, column "Articles"
  Length   788 chars
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Turkish police detain gang who stole bitcoins worth $2.83M

According to reports, the gang, consisting of five people, posed as police and stopped the businessman's car and forced him to give out his passwords of online banking accounts at gunpoint.
The businessman reportedly contacted the police following the incident and filed a criminal complaint and police were able to find the whereabouts of gang members after examination of security cameras around the area.
One of the suspects was reportedly jailed for extortion but had fled, while another suspect proposed to his girlfriend in an extravagant ceremony at a luxurious restaurant in Istanbul.
Police investigation revealed that the suspects had also stolen bitcoin mining devices from three different people in Esenler district.

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  !! This is the whole page as extracted. It still contains site furniture,
  !! and may contain teaser headlines for UNRELATED cases. Trim on read-through.
  !! Do not quote from it without checking the passage belongs to this case.
  Source     dailysabah.com
  URL        https://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2017/11/15/turkish-police-detain-gang-who-stole-bitcoins-worth-283m
  Field      url
  Retrieved  2026-09-05T12:56:30+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
  Language   unknown
  Kept       paragraphs ALL 10 paragraphs, untrimmed
  Length     1,487 chars
  Integrity  sha256 621e7215128ddf5d43f25de13c126f544508dd98260b73be372b3b671087ab5c
  Trimmed    NOT TRIMMED. Full page extract; trim on read-through.
  Caveat     retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
             from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)

Turkish police detain gang who stole bitcoins worth $2.83M | Daily Sabah

Turkish police detain gang who stole bitcoins worth $2.83M

Turkey's cybercrimes police detained a gang of thieves who robbed 450 Bitcoins worth $2.83 million from a businessman in Istanbul's Merter district, reports said Wednesday. The incident marks the first time police carried out an operation to detain criminals involved in stealing cryptocurrencies.

According to reports, the gang, consisting of five people, posed as police and stopped the businessman's car and forced him to give out his passwords of online banking accounts at gunpoint.

The businessman reportedly contacted the police following the incident and filed a criminal complaint and police were able to find the whereabouts of gang members after examination of security cameras around the area.

One of the suspects was reportedly jailed for extortion but had fled, while another suspect proposed to his girlfriend in an extravagant ceremony at a luxurious restaurant in Istanbul.

Police investigation revealed that the suspects had also stolen bitcoin mining devices from three different people in Esenler district.

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