The Central Bank has suspended the operating permits of PayFix, Aypara, and İninal, which were mentioned in the investigation into illegal betting. PayFix, identified as established with betting revenue, is owned by Erkan Kork, who was arrested.

Action has been taken for the three payment institutions mentioned in the investigation into illegal betting. An announcement from the Central Bank stated that the operating permits of PayFix, Aypara, and İninal have all been suspended. The statement included, “It has been deemed beneficial to inform the public in regards to the investigation conducted by the judicial authorities about companies including PayFix Electronic Money and Payment Services Inc. (PayFix), İninal Payment and Electronic Money Services Inc. (İninal), and Aypara Payment Institution Inc. (Aypara) under the supervision and regulation of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT).” THE OWNER OF PAYFIX DETAINED In the scope of the investigation, Erkan Kork, who is the owner of Pozitifbank, PayFix, and Flash TV, among 21 people, was arrested. During the operation, raids were conducted on 59 suspects, and assets worth 6.9 billion TL were seized. Pozitifbank, Flash TV, and PayFix have also come under state control. ESTABLISHED PAYFIX WITH BETTING REVENUE According to the prosecution’s investigation, Erkan Kork entered the finance sector in 2014 with the company Troyin Informatics. He established an payment institution named PayFix with illegal betting revenues. The financial infrastructure of PayFix was used to launder money for illegal betting barons. According to MASAK and Central Bank reports, 80,011 different clusters of money transfers were identified in the PayFix system, with a total of 211,109 accounts used in these transactions. It was reported that 855 of these accounts were linked to illegal betting operations.