There have been new developments about “Bitcoin Safiye” and Thodex CEO Faruk Fatih Özer, known for the biggest frauds in Turkey’s crypto money history. Here are the details…
Objection to court for Bitcoin Safiye
As we have previously reported asKriptokoin.com , approximately 30 million TL using Bitcoin For the couple, Safiye Gökçe Yüce and Oğuzhan Yüce, who committed fraud, 135 years of non-custodial judgment were given. One of the couple’s defrauded victims, the neighbor’s neighbor, appealed to the court and demanded the couple’s pre-trial detention. Other victims who testified in Afyon and Kahramanmaraş demanded that the case be consolidated.
Safiye Gökçe Yüce, who introduced herself as an economist and broker, defrauded about 40 people and made millions of dollars profit. He then disappeared on August 23, 2019. Yüce, who was wanted on charges of defrauding 40 people in Aydın with 600 BTC, was caught in Bursa about 3 months later. Aydın Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered Yüce’s release on 10 March 2020 with a travel ban and electronic handcuffs. A total of 135 years in prison, from 1 to 5 years, were requested 27 times for the couple on fraud charges. After the first hearing, the victims appealed to the court.
Victims stated that Yüce’s first-degree relatives demanded that their bank accounts and foreign Bitcoin accounts be investigated. They also think that the file should be sent to the high criminal court and the defendants should be tried in pretrial detention.
Flash decision in Thodex case
A new case against Thodex CEO Faruk Fatih Özer, who is facing up to 40,540 years in prison for various crimes, on the charge of “contrary to the Tax Procedure Law” opened and the court gave its first decision. A second lawsuit was filed against Özer on the grounds that he did not submit the documents he requested to the Tax Inspection Board and that he started evading taxes years ago. His lawyers attended the court, which Özer did not attend.
Lawyers, “Our client is currently abroad. Wanted by red notice. The company was established in 2017 and was abandoned ex officio in 2021,” he said. On the tax issue, they stated that the “required notification regarding the documents requested by the Tax Inspection Board” was made in 2021, during the administration with the trustee, after the dismissal, therefore they wanted a verdict of acquittal for Özer.
Attorneys, “The notification sent by the Tax Inspection Board regarding the documents requested was made in 2021 while it was being managed by a trustee after the dismissal. Therefore, there is a force majeure situation. Immediate acquittal. There is no need for the defense of the accused,” he said. Then, the court issued an arrest warrant for Özer, pointing to the negative outcome of the proceedings for hearing Özer.
