Disguised as a woman and evaded the law for 8 years – until he made one small mistake

A Turkish man sentenced to three years in prison for theft and impersonation disguised himself as his sister for eight years, used her documents and passed police checkpoints without being detected. He was caught after using her credit card while she was abroad, and a fingerprint check revealed his true identity.

A Turkish man named Togrul Bashar, sentenced in 2018 to three years in prison for theft and impersonation, managed to evade authorities for eight years by disguising himself as his sister. He drastically changed his appearance, dressed as a woman, and used his sister's ID card to pass police checkpoints in Istanbul without raising suspicion. Investigators changed their strategy and began tracking financial movements in his immediate vicinity. The mistake that brought him down was using his sister's credit card while she was abroad. Tracking the purchases led police to an apartment in the Kadikoy district, where he was arrested. A fingerprint check confirmed his identity.