Founder of Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex flees with reported $US2 billion in investor assets

Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation after the Istanbul-based founder of a cryptocurrency exchange shut down his site and fled the country with a reported $US2 billion ($2.6 billion) in investors’ assets.

The Thodex website went dark after posting a mysterious message saying it was suspending trading for five days on Wednesday (local time) because of an unspecified outside investment.

Turkish security officials then released a photo of Thodex founder…