Turkey: mass arrests due to cryptobier fraud

The Turkish police arrested 62 defendants in Thodex cryptocurrency exchange, Interfax reports with reference to the Western media.

According to the report, trading on the platform stopped on Wednesday. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Turkey issued orders to arrest 78 suspects. Of these, 62 were already detained, the rest are looking for.

Against the founder and executive director Thodex Fatiha Faruk Lakes opened a case on charges of fraud with aggravating circumstances.

Initiated the lawsuit in Abdullah Osame Serande. He stated that the platform with 400 thousand users, of which 390 thousand are active, ceased to allow operations to withdraw money. Sean also mentioned that there were rumors in social networks that the founder of the Exchange left Turkey on April 20. European media argue that the lakes are now in Albania.