Thodex
Then there’s the unfortunate tale of Thodex, a Turkish crypto exchange whose young, weasel-like CEO allegedly made off with around $2.7 billion of investors money this past spring. After seeing tremendous investment since its launch in 2017, Thodex unexpectedly went offline in April and Faruk Fatih Ozer, the platform’s 27-year-old founder, caught a quick flight to Albania. One of the last known photographs of the dude is him hustling through Istanbul airport, after which he jetted off to God knows where. The exchange’s collapse led to significant trouble in Turkey, where authorities rounded up and detained 83 people, including Ozer’s family members. Not Ozer though! Has anybody seen this guy lately? If you do, there are about 400,000 people who’d like to get a copy of his current address.
