Verdict in Faruk Fatih Özer Case

Owner of cryptocurrency exchange Thodex Faruk Fatih OzerThe judgment was rendered in the case of. The court reduced his sentence.

In Faruk Fatih Özer’s case, the court ruled that the Tax Procedure Law He was sentenced to 7 months and 15 days in prison for “smuggling”. However, the court decided to reduce Özer’s sentence for interesting reasons. Özer’s social relations and his behavior after the crime were evaluated as the reasons for reducing the sentence.

According to the indictment prepared by the Istanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Tax Inspection Board examined the 2017 accounts of Özer’s company.

As a result of these investigations, A notification was sent to Özer on October 30, 2021 and the documents belonging to the enterprise were requested to be submitted. However, it was determined that the required documents were not submitted within the legal period. Upon this situation, a lawsuit was filed against Özer for “contrary to the Tax Procedure Law” and a prison sentence of up to 3 years was requested.

Özer made a defense at the decision hearing of the case in which he was tried.

In Ozer’s defense, “I was not the company official on the date of the crime, a trustee was appointed. Therefore, I could not submit the books even if I wanted to, the company was not under my management.The public prosecutor demanded a prison sentence of up to 5 years for Özer on the charge of “smuggling” under the Tax Procedure Law. The court sentenced Faruk Fatih Özer to 1 year and 6 months in prison for “smuggling” under the Tax Procedure Law He suspended his sentence of 7 months and 15 days by reducing the sentence.

With this decision, Özer was given his first prison sentence. If the Thodex case “organizing and managing“, “laundering criminal property values” And “qualified embezzlement” crimes continue at the Istanbul Anatolian Heavy Penal Court. A prison sentence of up to 40,464 years is sought for Özer within the scope of this case.