People who rent bank accounts with the idea of making easy money and fall into the trap of fraudsters may face serious sanctions, including imprisonment for up to 10 years.
The accounts of people who rent bank accounts, believing the excuses such as “We will go public”, “We will trade cryptocurrencies” and the promise of “easy profit”, can be used for crimes such as fraud, money laundering and illegal betting.
Account holders are also held responsible for crimes committed through bank accounts.
Lawyer Çağrı Ayboğa, who made a statement to the AA correspondent on the subject, said that they have recently encountered people who rented bank accounts in order to earn additional income and became victims more frequently.
Ayboğa said people said, “We will enter into a public offering of shares from many accounts, and we will give you a dividend.” or “We need to use your account because our account is blocked.” He said that he was persuaded to rent his accounts for 2-3 thousand liras, with excuses such as.
FIRST THEY EARN PEOPLE’S TRUST
Stating that sharing bank information is not a direct crime, but account owners are also held responsible for crimes committed through these accounts, Ayboğa pointed out that rented accounts can be used for money laundering, illegal betting, fraud and terrorist financing.
People who use their rented bank accounts to commit crimes gain trust by first communicating with people who need money, saying “we will only do stock market transactions, cryptocurrency trading, and we will make monthly payments to you in return.” Stating that he acts with statements such as these, Ayboğa continued as follows:
“People transfer the mobile banking usage authorizations of their bank account to another number and another person. These numbers can be unknown lines, which we call ‘potato lines’, and this can also be done by creating a line on themselves. People who rent the account “They can commit many different crimes here, and their traces and identities are never recorded here. Therefore, the person who will be directly punished for the crimes committed is the one who rented the account.”
THERE ARE THOSE WHO RENTED 10 ACCOUNTS TO 10 DIFFERENT PEOPLE
Some people say, “Nothing will happen to me.” Stating that he opened accounts from every bank and rented them with the thought, Ayboğa said, “There are people who rent 10 accounts to 10 different people, thinking that when they receive a monthly payment of 2-3 thousand liras, they will earn an average of 20-30 thousand liras. Unfortunately, they understand the seriousness of the incident when they receive a summons from the prosecutor’s office. ” he said.
Touching on how fraudsters use the accounts they rent, Ayboğa said, “For example, they put a vehicle, computer, or chair that does not belong to them on the digital shopping platform at a much more affordable price than it is and expect people to buy it. They take a deposit of around 2-3 thousand liras for a product worth 20 thousand liras. “They transfer this to cryptocurrency accounts and foreign exchanges and clear the money from there.” he said.
THE SHOE SHINER WHO RENTED HIS ACCOUNT WAS JUDGED WITH UP TO 180 YEARS IN PRISON
Ayboğa pointed out that one of his clients, a shoe shiner, also fell into the trap of renting a bank account and said:
“The shoeshiner who applied to us was told by people who approached him through a friend, ‘We are doing very serious business, we cannot use our accounts due to our tax debt. We will only take the money for the trade we have made into your account. We will deduct and pay the tax again. We will proceed with this in a clean manner. You will not have any problems. ‘ Of course, he is excited to get some money into his pocket. A deal is made. My client, a shoe shiner, earned 7 thousand liras by renting two accounts, but he had 18 cases of fraud and was sentenced to up to 180 years in prison. “The more you have a file, the more punishment you will receive.”
Stating that his client was arrested and serious work was carried out to reveal the fraudulent gang, but this way the person’s innocence was proven, Ayboğa said, “Our client was able to be released that way, but unfortunately he remained detained for a long time. He could have received a much more serious punishment.” he said.
Ayboğa said, “People who rent their IBANs can be tried for many different crimes depending on the actions of the renter. When the rented bank accounts are used for illegal betting, there is a prison sentence of 3 to 5 years, and when they are used for qualified fraud, there is a prison sentence of 3 to 10 years. ” shared his knowledge.
