{"id":437552,"date":"2023-09-08T17:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=437552"},"modified":"2023-09-08T22:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T22:11:22","slug":"thodex-crypto-exchange-founder-sentenced-to-11169-years-in-turkish-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/thodex-crypto-exchange-founder-sentenced-to-11169-years-in-turkish-jail","title":{"rendered":"Thodex Crypto Exchange Founder Sentenced to 11,169 Years in Turkish Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

The founder and CEO of the failed Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, has been sentenced to 11,196 years in prison. <\/span><\/p>\n

Faruk Fatih Ozer was charged with aggravated fraud, leading a criminal organization, and money laundering, according to <\/span>local media reports<\/span><\/a>. He professed his innocence during the trial, claiming that he and his family were unjustly targeted. <\/span><\/p>\n

Once a leading crypto platform in Turkey, Thodex collapsed in 2021. Ozer fled the country, leaving the exchange with estimated losses of more than $2 billion. He was <\/span>arrested in Albania<\/span><\/a> in August last year and extradited to Turkey in April. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ozer remained unrepentant, and dismissed the charge that he led a criminal organization.<\/p>\n

“I am smart enough to manage all institutions in the world,” he said. “This is evident from the company I founded at the age of 22. If I were to establish a criminal organization, I would not act so amateurishly. <\/span>Thodex was just a company and went bankrupt.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Founder of Thodex, Faruk Fatih Özer, is arraigned in Albanian Court.<\/p>\n

The trial involved a total of 21 defendants, facing the possibility of a combined 40,564 years in prison, local reports said. Sixteen of the defendants were acquitted, four of seven individuals initially detained were released due to a lack of evidence, while the remaining defendants received various prison sentences. <\/span><\/p>\n

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