Thodex founder delivered to Turkey after he disappeared with $ 2.6 billion user money

Thodex founder delivered to Turkey after he disappeared with $ 2.6 billion user money

Faruk Fatih Özer-the founder of the crypto exchange Thodex-was delivered to his home country, Turkey, where he is accused of fraud and the operation of a criminal association.

thodex was one of the largest crypto exchanges in Turkey. Later it turned out that it was an exit fraud in which $ $ 2.6 billion disappeared with crypto-fraud and let around 400,000 users down.

• According to the latest report by state media, the 27-year-old founder was arrested by the police when he arrived in Istanbul.
• thodex stopped all transactions, citing an evaluation of an unspecified partnership offer in April 2021. While the official website assured users that they would be available again shortly, the managers began to deactivate their social media profiles.
• The customer support group of the platform soon became inaccessible. Also the founder and CEO Faruk Fatih Özer switch off his Twitter-account and floh reported according to Albania.
• Sources said that he managed to stay hidden for more than a year before the law enforcement officers in Elbasan finally discovered his whereabouts and arrested him.

2 milyar dolarla kaçan thodex kurucusu faruk fatih ̇stanbul’a getirildi. #Farukfatan "#thodex https://t.co/quyk3sxesu pic.twitter.com/dasb7bn2ne

- İşte Gündem (@istegundemcom) 20. April 2023

• Subsequently, interpol also issued a red notice against
because of his capture
• A Turkish court imprisoned six people, including two CEO siblings, one month after the scandal. The rest of the four were leaders of the company.
• The authorities also arrested 62 people associated with the Thodex-Exit fraud.

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