Security Incident · Exchange
Thodex Scam: $2.50B Reported Loss
Six siblings of Turkish exchange Thodex executives and CEO have been formally arrested, a Turkish court said.
- Reported loss
- $ 2,500,000,000
- Attack category
- Scam
Incident Overview
And Thodex CEO Faruk Fatih Özer disappeared, leaving behind a collapsed exchange with total losses estimated to range from $24 million to $2.5 billion. Faruk was arrested in August more than a year after fleeing Turkey. In September 2023, Faruk and his siblings were sentenced to 11,196 years in prison and will also pay a fine of 135 million lira (approximately $5 million).
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