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One of the largest crypto exchanges in Turkey, Thodex, has stopped working, and its founder, Faruk Fatih Ozer, has fled the country.
The Turkish Prosecutor General's Office has announced an international search for the founder of the Thodex cryptocurrency exchange, Farouk Fatih Ozera. He fled the country, taking $2 billion of investor funds.
On Wednesday, April 21, the administration of the Istanbul cryptocurrency exchange published a message about the temporary suspension of trading for a period of five days. It was noted that the reason for this was a technical problem with transactions, allegedly arising from a "hacker incident" that occurred some time ago. The owners of the company's assets urgently tried to withdraw their funds from there. At the same time, Ozer did not respond to calls and letters from clients and journalists. Later, the media published a photo of him from the airport and reported that he had left his homeland and was now in Tirana, the capital of Albania. On April 22, the exchange announced that it did not have enough financial support to continue operations. On Thursday, Thodex released a statement from Ozero, in which he promised to return the money to investors and then return to Turkey to answer to the law.
On Friday, Turkish police launched raids in eight different cities, including Istanbul, where they raided the company's headquarters and seized computers and digital materials. Officials also froze Lake's bank accounts. The businessman himself called the charges against him "baseless" and said that he was in Albania for working meetings.
The prosecutor's office opened an investigation on April 22, after the first reports about the businessman's flight appeared in the media. 62 suspects were detained in the case, and 16 more are being sought, Anadolu reports. Several addresses associated with the company, including the Thodex headquarters, were searched.Thodex suddenly stopped trading on April 21.
Thodex is a Turkish cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2017. The number of active users of the site is 390 thousand people. According to Coinmarketcap, the volume of trading on the crypto exchange on the last day of operation was $583 million.
The Turkish Prosecutor General's Office has announced an international search for the founder of the Thodex cryptocurrency exchange, Farouk Fatih Ozera. He fled the country, taking $2 billion of investor funds.
On Wednesday, April 21, the administration of the Istanbul cryptocurrency exchange published a message about the temporary suspension of trading for a period of five days. It was noted that the reason for this was a technical problem with transactions, allegedly arising from a "hacker incident" that occurred some time ago. The owners of the company's assets urgently tried to withdraw their funds from there. At the same time, Ozer did not respond to calls and letters from clients and journalists. Later, the media published a photo of him from the airport and reported that he had left his homeland and was now in Tirana, the capital of Albania. On April 22, the exchange announced that it did not have enough financial support to continue operations. On Thursday, Thodex released a statement from Ozero, in which he promised to return the money to investors and then return to Turkey to answer to the law.
On Friday, Turkish police launched raids in eight different cities, including Istanbul, where they raided the company's headquarters and seized computers and digital materials. Officials also froze Lake's bank accounts. The businessman himself called the charges against him "baseless" and said that he was in Albania for working meetings.
The prosecutor's office opened an investigation on April 22, after the first reports about the businessman's flight appeared in the media. 62 suspects were detained in the case, and 16 more are being sought, Anadolu reports. Several addresses associated with the company, including the Thodex headquarters, were searched.Thodex suddenly stopped trading on April 21.
Thodex is a Turkish cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2017. The number of active users of the site is 390 thousand people. According to Coinmarketcap, the volume of trading on the crypto exchange on the last day of operation was $583 million.