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Incident · SLOWMIST

Thodex

Scam
Estimated loss
$2.50B
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
RUG
RUGBYTECODE CATCHABLEAI SCANNABLE
Root cause

Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.

Forensic narrative

Six siblings of Turkish exchange Thodex executives and CEO have been formally arrested, a Turkish court said. And Thodex CEO Faruk Fatih Özer disappeared, leaving behind a collapsed exchange with total losses estimated to range from $24 million to $2.5 billion. Faruk was arrested in August more than a year after fleeing Turkey. In September 2023, Faruk and his siblings were sentenced to 11,196 years in prison and will also pay a fine of 135 million lira (approximately $5 million). Attack method (per SlowMist): Scam. Reported loss: $ 2,500,000,000.

Primary source
https://www.theblock.co/post/166475/ceo-of-collapsed-turkish-crypto-exchange-thodex-faces-extradition-from-albania-following-arrest
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Thodex
bug_class
rug
date_occurred
2021-04-21
loss_usd
$2,500,000,000
source_id
sm:thodex::2021-04-21
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