Former Thodex CEO Faruk Özer starts 11,196-year prison sentence
Faruk Özer once held a hardware wallet containing $2 billion worth of crypto. This week, he’s entering prison to start his mammoth sentence.
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Thodex founder and siblings sentenced to 11,196 years in prison
Thodex chief Farouk Fatih Özer has been sentenced to 11,196 years, 10 months, and 15 days in prison and fined for 135 million liras ($5M).
Thodex chief receives jail sentence for tax evasion amid ongoing $2B fraud trial
Farouk Fatih Özer, founder of now-defunct crypto exchange Thodex, has been sentenced to seven months for tax ‘smuggling’ charges.
Thodex chief denies fraud, says crypto exchange was hacked
CEO of defunct Turkish crypto exchange Thodex has claimed he was framed in his first court appearance on Monday.
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