40 People Arrested in Connection With Twitch Money Laundering Scandal – Game Rant

Turkish authorities confirm the arrest of 40 people in connection with a money laundering scandal involving stolen credit cards and Twitch Bits. Popular Twitch streamers are known for getting into questionable content such as gambling streams and terms of service-breaking outfits, but one ring of streamers was recently arrested in connection with money laundering. According to Turkish authorities who made the arrests, 40 people are connected in a scandal that’s been going on for two years. Turkish police have officially confirmed that 40 people have been taken into custody for laundering money to purchase Bits on Twitch. The streamers in question were located across eleven different provinces in Turkey and an email paper trail dating back two years has been secured by the authorities. A portion of the Twitch streamers taken into custody regarding this money laundering scandal are still minors, while the majority are adults. According to Turkish news agency Demiroren, these culprits used stolen credit cards to buy Twitch Bits, a currency on Amazon’s livestreaming platform. The Bits were allegedly sent to streamers and the scammers were compensated with a refund of up to 80% of the purchase in real money. Although Bits were likely purchased in larger…
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