Hex Founder Richard Heart Detained in Istanbul on Interpol Red Notice: Report
Richard Heart was reported detained in Istanbul in connection with an Interpol notice. Separate coverage also identified Finland as the requesting jurisdiction on Interpol’s public record and listed aggravated tax fraud, while noting that Heart’s SEC case was dismissed in 2025.
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People following Heart’s case would notice that his reported detention in Istanbul was paired with a reported search of his Beşiktaş address. The reported seizure included cash, phones, jewelry, and firearms, which makes the event immediately visible to anyone tracking the case on the ground. It also puts Turkish authorities, and anyone monitoring the situation from outside Turkey, on notice that the matter has moved beyond online dispute into physical enforcement steps.
In practice, the reported Interpol notice means the case is not just described as a local Turkish matter. Finland is identified as the requesting jurisdiction, and the listed offense is aggravated tax fraud, while the separate SEC case ended in dismissal in 2025. That leaves the legal picture split across jurisdictions and proceedings rather than resolved in a single venue.
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