Posted on 09/09/2023 10:41:14 AM PDT by Round Earther
Faruk Fatih Ozer, who ran crypto exchange Thodex until it imploded in 2021, was sentenced to 11,196 years in prison by a Turkish court for crimes including fraud.
Delivering its verdict late Thursday, the court in Istanbul sentenced Ozer and his two siblings to similar-length jail terms, finding them guilty of aggravated fraud, leading a criminal organization and money laundering.
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And if 11,000 years in a US prison, he’d bout out in 18-24 months, plus get transgender mutilation surgery and care.

Ever been in a Turkish prison Faruk?
My grandfather worked as a prison guard and court bailiff. One time a judge sentenced a man to 300 years and the man protested that he couldn’t serve that long. The judged said, “Well, serve as long as you can”.
If he was a blonde woman with crazy eyes who did a far worse swindle/grift, he’d still be walking around free. /theranos
A good lawyer could get cut in half
She (Theranos) was sentenced in November 2022 to 11 years and 3 months in prison. On May 30, 2023, Holmes began serving her sentence at Federal Prison Camp, Bryan in Bryan, Texas.
IIRC she was pregnant when she went in.
Hey he’s lucky. It coulda been life.
All crypto coins are scams. Some just haven’t exploded yet.
That seems terribly medieval or Islamic.
The good news is he will be eligible for parole in 3000 years!
Obviously, he did not bribe, provide donations, to the right people.
Finally, I hadn’t heard the update.
Finally, I hadn’t heard the update.
But just compare, 11 years for a massive amount of financial AND fake medical fraud results, to 11,000 years for massive financial fraud only. Guy gets 1000x more.
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