Fatih Faruk Özer, the founder of the crypto money exchange Thodex, which is remembered with a billion dollars worth of profiteering, appeared before the judge.
Defrauding thousands of people and fleeing Turkey Fatih Faruk Ozer Today, in the case before the Anatolian 9th High Criminal Court, where 21 defendants, 7 of whom are in detention, are being tried, it was brought before a judge for the first time. stand up defense made.
In his defense, Özer said, “The allegations in the media and in the indictment are unfounded. I did not defraud anyone, there was a plot against me.” on Thodex is the most authoritative Expressing that, Özer said that there is no other official of the stock exchange.
court statements
Özer also made the following statements before the judge:
I started a company and my company was hacked. This is how I started my business life by doing e-commerce. Our first founding purpose was to do e-commerce. Cryptocurrency caught my attention because I was involved in e-commerce. Afterwards, I saw that I would make a profit thanks to my social circle and I turned the company in this direction.
I started mobile transactions with the software developers that I added to my body. My whole life was intertwined with the digital world to establish a cryptocurrency exchange. When I looked at the rival companies, I realized that they were missing and I decided to grow in this field. I present the purchase agreement that I made in the software company together with the software developers in my company.
in September of 2017 100 thousand TL Announcing that he founded Thodex with paid-in capital, Özer said in court. Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) presented his certificate.
No other official
Stating that his elder sister Serap Özer and people named Cem, Ergün and Can do not have any authority on the stock market, the founder said that he carries out the transactions by himself every week:
I was sending the transactions made on the company to the banks in the form of an excel table, checking it myself every week. I was the only one doing this so that there were no security holes. I want the detention of my employees for 2 years to be remembered as a black mark in our legal system.
How many years will the Thodex founder get sentenced?
In total, 21 defendants in the case were charged with “establishing and managing an organization with the aim of committing a crime”, “Fraud by using information systems as a tool of banks or credit institutions” and “Fraud of merchants or company executives and cooperative managers and laundering the assets resulting from crime”. 40 thousand 564 each from 12 thousand 164 years sentenced to imprisonment of up to one year.