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According to reports, victims of the scam who "seek revenge" have offered a $ 350,000 reward for the capture, dead or alive, of Aydın. Posters offering the reward have been put up in
Uruguay and around Kiev, where Aydın was rumoured to have moved to after spending years in Uruguay. Reports said he
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called "Çiftlik Bank." He developed FarmBank (Çiftlik Bank) with the promise of making profit for all investors. Farm Bank investors downloaded the game and invested in "virtual animals and produce." FarmBank had over 350,000 domestic investors and another 150,000 abroad. Turkey's financial
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claimed that Aydın had allies in the
Turkish state ensuring he was not being brought to justice. Shortly after Peker's statements, On 30 June 2021, Aydın announced he would surrender to the Turkish government in a video he released, and surrendered to the Turkish Embassy in
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Aydın and other founders of the company faced charges of running a criminal organization, online fraud and money laundering. 48 suspects have been indicted in for infamous Çiftlik Bank case, suspects faced prison terms adding up to 75,000 years, including Mehmet Aydın.
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The court charged suspects with multiple counts of fraud while 3,762 people are named as plaintiffs. Assets of the three companies linked to Çiftlik Bank were seized and authorities confiscated 3.9 million lira "obtained through criminal means."
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733:"Laikçi kesim, 'Tosuncuk' Mehmet Aydın diye imam hatipli öğrenciyi hedef aldı! - Yeni Akit"
683:"Çiftlik Bank vurgununda yeni gelişmeler... Boşanmadı, Uruguay'a kaçtı, karısı teslim oldu"
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657:"Çiftlik Bank sahibi Mehmet Aydın'ın eşi Sıla Soysal kimdir! - Takvim - 14 Mart 2018"
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629:"Çiftlik Bank CEO'su Mehmet Aydın kimdir? Kaç yaşındadır? Ses kaydı paylaştı"
401:"Tosuncuk Mehmet Aydın kimdir? Çiftlik Bank sahibi Mehmet Aydın kaç yaşında?"
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903:"Çiftlik Bank CEO'su Mehmet Aydın'ın iadesiyle ilgili son dakika gelişmesi"
767:"6 soruda Çiftlik Bank: On binlerce kişi nasıl dolandırıldı? - BBC Türkçe"
535:"Sedat Peker'den 'Çiftlik Bank' iddiası: Mehmet Aydın Bolivya'da değil"
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1034:"Çiftlikbank'ın kurucusu Mehmet Aydın: Türk yargısına teslim olacağım"
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852:"Çiftlik Bank'ın kurucusu Mehmet Aydın'ın eski eşi konuştu"
552:"Farm Bank indicted scammers facing 75,000 years in prison"
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358:Search and surrender
321:Grand FarmBank fraud
309:, Aydın was born in
191: 2017;
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1132:People from Bursa
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