Dolandırıcılık Suçunun Bir İşleniş Şekli Olarak Piramitsel Dolandırıcılık Suçu

Abstract

Ever since the beginnings of the formation of human societies, despite the fact that communication and sharing has increased among human beings due to the necessity of living together, taking improper advantage of these relationships has become quite widespread. Act of fraud, like theft, is one of the most common crimes committed against one’s assets that societies are faced with. At present, owing to the fact that internet has eased reaching other people, and the overcrowding of urban life, committing this crime has become not only easier but also more numerous. This ease in reaching people and overcrowding of urban life has caused people to commit this crime in different ways, and in the course of time, both Turkish society and other societies have witnessed in various forms that this crime has been committed in areas and forms that have not been regulated by legislature.

Moreover, legislature have been insufficient in terms of penalizing these crimes, which has caused inadequacy in law. Even if not at present, but in the future, this condition will lead to social problems in satisfying the feeling of justice which is the main function of criminal law.

In this study which aims to eliminate the stated deficiencies and to make a slight contribution to maintaining satisfaction in the feeling of justice, the necessity of including pyramid scheme fraud in special penal provision of fraud and the reasons of the necessity of application of adding penalties one by one have been explained . In addition to this, fundamental concepts related to the crime, and structural components of the crime have been studied. During the course of the study, references to relevant examples and contemporary events have been made and the verdicts of the Supreme Court of Appeals have been consulted.