Turkey extradites Iranian social media figure facing fraud c

Turkey extradites Iranian social media figure facing fraud charges - Iran
Reuters
09/03/2021
DUBAI, March 9 (Reuters) - Turkey has handed over to Iran a popular Iranian social media figure, Milad Hatami, accused by Tehran of money-laundering and fraud in connection with online gambling, a senior Iranian police official said on Tuesday.
"He has been extradited ...and faces charges linked to cybercrime, fraud and money laundering," Brigadier-General Hadi Shirzad, head of Iran's branch of the international police organization Interpol, told state television.
Turkish officials did not immediately comment on the reported extradition.
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Police Car in Istanbul. Turkey
Iran has been cracking down on online gambling and betting sites, which are illegal under the country's Islamic laws and have also been accused of money laundering. Iranian media said last week that the central bank had identified 450,000 bank cards used on the websites.

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