Turks began using cryptocurrencies as a defence against a deep slide in the value of the lira that began more than two years ago. A Turkish cryptocurrency boss and his two siblings have been jailed for 11,196 years each for defrauding investors of millions of dollars. He was extradited back to Turkey in June and found guilty of money-laundering, fraud and organised crime. The brief trial in Istanbul also found his sister Serap and brother Guven guilty of the same charges. Such extraordinary prison sentences are common in Turkey since the abolition of the death penalty in 2004 to aid efforts to join the European Union. What does the sentence of 11,196 years mean?

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