It’s unclear what number of, if any, streamers have been detained by Turkish police. The Put up reached out to over 50 streamers accused by Twitch customers of aiding cash launderers to ask in the event that they’d been raided or contacted by police. Just one, Alihan “deNc” Ipek, replied. Final yr, Ipek admitted to being contacted by scammers however stated he refused to play ball, prompting the scammer to donate Bits to his brother, “Valorant” professional Mehmet Yağız “cNed” Ipek, who confessed to pocketing the cash with out contacting Twitch. The 2 keep their innocence, nevertheless, saying the Bits had been donated in opposition to their needs in an effort to make their channel exercise appear fishy to Twitch, placing them in danger after they refused to adjust to scammers. The streamers stated scammers threatened to ship plenty of bits that might be flagged as suspicious by Twitch, probably resulting in suspensions or bans.