Overview
- Prison staff found Özer unresponsive during a routine check at Tekirdağ F-Type High Security Closed Penitentiary.
- Local reports point to possible suicide, but officials have not confirmed a cause as forensic work continues.
- Özer was serving a 11,196-year sentence after a 2023 conviction for leading a criminal organization, aggravated fraud, and money laundering.
- Thodex shut down abruptly in April 2021, leaving users locked out and prompting investor claims of losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
- After fleeing the country, Özer was located in Albania and later extradited to Turkey to face charges.