Turkish crypto baron Faruk Fatih Ozer sentenced to 11,196 years in prison

Thodex exchange founder Faruk Fatih Ozer has received an insane 11,196-year prison sentence for fraud worth millions of dollars. Ozer used the exchange to steal money from investors with the help of his family members. He was sentenced along with his brother and sister

Faruk was arrested last year in Albania based on an international Interpol warrant and extradited to Turkey after lengthy legal proceedings

The sentences handed down to Ozer and his family are among the longest issued by Istanbul courts. According to BBC data, such unusual terms have become commonplace after the country abolished the death penalty in 2004

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