The investigation into the gang, first revealed in May, has concluded, and the Büyükçekmece Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has finalized the indictment.

The 494-page document revealed that instead of being transferred to hospitals where babies would receive appropriate care, infants were sent to facilities chosen by suspects who cooperated with the emergency service, selecting hospitals that were deemed «profitable for the organization.»

According to the indictment, the primary aim of the group was not the recovery of the infants, but rather to increase their financial gains by directing them to more expensive treatments, such as intensive care, thereby extorting greater funds from the Social Security Institution.

The profits were shared among the gang members, many of whom were health care workers.

The indictment noted that «through these fraudulent practices, the suspects multiplied the revenue generated from neonatal intensive care units three to four times over.»