Interpol detained Faruk Fatih Özer, the creator of the Thodex cryptocurrency exchange. He is accused of theft
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Faruk Fatih Ozer was considered one of the mostmost wanted criminals in the world. He was caught in Albania, and Interpol has already begun the process of extraditing the fraudster back to Turkey. At home, he is awaiting trial and life imprisonment.
Almost 400,000 victims of Faruk Fatih Ozercryptocurrency exchange clients. The attacker was put on the international wanted list after the abrupt stop of Thodex in the spring of 2021. The founder of the project said that the exchange had to stop working due to a large number of cyber attacks. He promised to return the money to all clients, but did not keep his word.
Turkish police arrest several dozenperson involved in the fraud. However, the founder of the exchange managed to escape to Albania. During the investigation, it was found that before the closure of Thodex, the company sent $ 125 million in Bitcoin to the American exchange Kraken.
The total losses of investors amounted to approximately $2 billion. Faruk Fatih Ozer was found using biometric data. He now faces 40,654 years in prison.
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