Joseph Cox

It's not pleasant.

I have to forget.

No, no.

This was a very specific incident where this happened.

Don't read into it too much.

So in the lead up to the press conference, what law enforcement do is they follow the sun, which means that they start with their wave of arrests in Australia.

Then it will move over to Europe until eventually they do the press conference in San Diego announcing the operation.

But during that time, of course, with the Australian arrests, some people in Europe realize, hey, something's going on.

I see a Google account in Hakan Ayik's name, and I'm pretty sure it's him, starts leaving more Google reviews at restaurants across Turkey, and this is about six months after the operation.

Yeah, he's like, this restaurant is great, five stars, amazing service.

Oh, I really like the food in this place.

And I put them on a map and I'm following them.

He's like, oh, he's having a great time, like going around Turkey, going to these tourist spots.

So I'm following that, and to me, that shows, damn, this guy is so bold, and he's flexing to the authorities.

Like, you just ran the biggest sting operation ever, and I'm out here having a really good meal and pulling it basically on Yelp or Google reviews or whatever.

Yeah.

That audacity...

does come to a halt when, very surprisingly, Turkish authorities launch a large series of coordinated raids against organized criminals inside the country.

That sweeps up Hakan.

It also gets Microsoft and a ton of other people connected to their network.