Crypto Scam: Founder of Digital Currency Exchange Thodex Arrested in Albania – Webmix

The founder of the cryptocurrency platform Thodex, Faruk Fatih Özer, has been arrested following more than a year on the run in Albania. The Albanian government informed the Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu that Özer had been arrested in the town of Vlora, the Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday. Özer is said to have embezzled two billion dollars (two billion euros) in customer funds.