Thodex crypto exchange founder extradited to Turkey
Faruk Fatih Özer is accused of fraud and leading a criminal organization
20.04.2023 - 16:15
352
1 min
0
Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder of Thodex, one of Turkey's largest crypto exchanges, facing charges of fraud and running a criminal organization, has been extradited to Turkey and was detained by police upon arrival in Istanbul, state media aa.com reported on Thursday.
Özer was arrested in Albania in August after an Interpol red notice against him. Özer, the founder and CEO of Thodex, fled to Albania after his exchange suddenly went offline last year. More than 400,000 members were left in the dark without access to deposits of $2 billion in cryptocurrencies.
The events surrounding Thodex had created a stir in Turkey where crypto has been used as a hedge against inflation. Özer's brother, sister and four other senior employees were jailed, and at least 83 people were detained as part of the investigation.
This material is taken from the website https://www.coindesk.com.
Useful material?
Telegram 
Twitter Technologies
Network fees will be integrated into the cost of swaps
Nov 22, 2024
Market
The company’s unrealized profits from investing in its first cryptocurrency approached $14 billion
Nov 19, 2024
Incidents
The search, the reason for which was not announced, took place a week after the election, the results of which Polymarket users predicted quite accurately
Nov 14, 2024
Market
Analysts point to the growing popularity of the first cryptocurrency as a safe haven asset
Nov 13, 2024
Market
The product will begin trading on the Swiss Exchange on November 19
Nov 12, 2024
Market
The company’s unrealized profits from investing in the first cryptocurrency approached $13 billion
Nov 12, 2024
Cryptocurrency rates
-
Bitcoin
$96 248
BTC
-2.28%
-
Ethereum
$3 311.46
ETH
-4.58%
-
BNB Smart Chain
$579.4
BSC
+1.23%
-
Ripple
$1.34
XRP
-14.26%
-
Dogecoin
$0.410664
DOGE
-9.53%
-
Cardano
$0.96886
ADA
-13.27%
-
Stellar XLM
$0.470422
XLM
-11.67%
-
Polkadot
$8.47
DOT
-6.91%
-
Bitcoin Cash
$492.84
BCH
-6.02%
-
Litecoin
$93.63
LTC
-10.82%