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Man Sentenced to 45,376 Years in Türkiye for Online Farm Game Pyramid Scheme
Mehmet Aydın, the creator of an online farm game in Türkiye, has been sentenced to 45,376 years in prison. He created the game as a financial pyramid scheme, deceiving investors.
Aydın, known as “Tosuncuk” (Chubby Boy) in Türkiye, persuaded players to buy virtual cows and equipment, and then embezzled their money.
He fled abroad with some of the money in early 2018 and was at large for more than three years before he turned himself in to authorities in Brazil and was extradited to Türkiye in mid-2021.
The game, founded in 2016, was shut in early 2018. The trial against the defendants began in 2019.
