Topic: Bitfinex locked my 500 BTC account and is asking for police report (Read 351 times)
What a weird issue you ve been through and also you care about the cost of the lawyer. Go find a lawyer immediately, I hope you ll get your money back.
April 12, 2018, 09:49:25 AM
a lawyer will cost me a lot of money for this case?
are there lawyers who only get payed by reward if the case is won in my favor?
are there lawyers who only get payed by reward if the case is won in my favor?
You have 500 BTC stuck in exchange which are currently worth 3,837,000$, and you only think how will some lawyer cost you a lot?How much is lot for you,100 000$,300 000$ or more?But if this is only way to get that coins back you do not have to think too much.
Try to find a lawyer in your country,in the first place for easier communication,and if you do not succeed in that obviously you will need foreign assistance.Second best option is to find Chinese lawyer,just because Bitfinex is Hong Kong based company.
Try to use search engine for cryptocurrency lawyer//I just find this one: Cryptocurrency Lawyers
April 11, 2018, 05:50:25 PM
There's a Telegram channel I used before when I got locked on Bitfinex. They helped me but there's a 90% chance that you will have to make a General Power of Attorney for them. Contact thier admins. one of them is a lawyer
https://t.me/Deep1337
https://t.me/Deep1337
April 10, 2018, 12:14:04 AM
a lawyer will cost me a lot of money for this case?
are there lawyers who only get payed by reward if the case is won in my favor?
are there lawyers who only get payed by reward if the case is won in my favor?
That depends what country you are in. Here in the UK, there are many lawyers that work on a no win no fee basis. We also have the Citizens Advice Bureaux that can give free legal advice. If you have anything similar where you are they would probably be a better source of information than an internet forum.
April 10, 2018, 12:05:49 AM
a lawyer will cost me a lot of money for this case?
are there lawyers who only get payed by reward if the case is won in my favor?
are there lawyers who only get payed by reward if the case is won in my favor?
April 02, 2018, 05:41:34 PM
500 BTC... engage lawyers. For this amount of money an exchange and their crooked operators will fight tooth and nail to keep the money. I doubt they will make it easy for you to recover your coins.
The best and only way forward is to retain a lawyer with a proven track record in cross-border dispute resolution and/or transnational litigation cases.
The best and only way forward is to retain a lawyer with a proven track record in cross-border dispute resolution and/or transnational litigation cases.
April 02, 2018, 03:30:25 PM
https://craft.co/bitfinex
there are pictures with key members of the company along with their names
with even a 10% bounty from those 500 BTC, and a few broken legs after, I am pretty sure you would get your BTC back
heck, i would offer even 20% just to finish this
there are pictures with key members of the company along with their names
with even a 10% bounty from those 500 BTC, and a few broken legs after, I am pretty sure you would get your BTC back
heck, i would offer even 20% just to finish this
April 02, 2018, 11:23:41 AM
can someone recommend a lawyer for this specific case?
One that is local to you. They are always well connected and pass on cases they can't handle to other lawyers that they know specialise in a particular area.
April 02, 2018, 11:21:07 AM
can someone recommend a lawyer for this specific case?
April 01, 2018, 03:12:19 PM
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Why anyone would want to store so much outside a wallet they don't control I wouldn't know....
Even if it really was 3 years ago, that's still enough to not have it in the hands of somebody else. Pretty unbelievable story, and I'm sure Bitfinex isn't buying it either. Also, they mentioned a VPN, so already they suspect it is not the original account owner.Why anyone would want to store so much outside a wallet they don't control I wouldn't know....
April 01, 2018, 09:54:24 AM
can you recommend a cryptocurrency lawyer for this case?
April 01, 2018, 08:52:22 AM
anyone can give advise if its possible to get my account unlocked?
There is a lot of good advice for you already in the thread.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.33352686
That's probably the best way to proceed. Get a lawyer.
April 01, 2018, 08:43:58 AM
anyone can give advise if its possible to get my account unlocked?
March 28, 2018, 05:04:06 PM
From reading the email Bitfinex sent they are not convinced the OP is the rightful owner of the account. If I'm reading the OP correctly they are either trying to recover a hacked account/lost password or they did that earlier and now Bitfinex has become suspicious about it.
thanks. it makes more sense in this context. sounds like a tough road ahead for the OP....
Many people said this many times on this forum but still, we see now and then this kind of issues. Not sure why people use exchanges like a wallet to store coins.
it often takes a hard lesson for that to sink in. for years, i knew the risk existed but valued the ability to quickly hedge (and also often preferred holding USD a few years back). i lost a big chunk of my holdings in 2016 to the bitfinex "hack" and didn't take the risk seriously until then.
March 28, 2018, 02:50:11 PM
either there is some miscommunication, or i am missing something.
why are they treating this as a compromised account? you're not saying your account was hacked (and funds stolen), so why are they asserting that and requiring a police report?
why are they treating this as a compromised account? you're not saying your account was hacked (and funds stolen), so why are they asserting that and requiring a police report?
I think it must have something to do with this.
bitfinex asked me to do a complete verification after I lost access to my account a while ago.
From reading the email Bitfinex sent they are not convinced the OP is the rightful owner of the account. If I'm reading the OP correctly they are either trying to recover a hacked account/lost password or they did that earlier and now Bitfinex has become suspicious about it.
This sounds like the most reasonable explanation. It is a lot of coin, after all, millions of dollar's worth, so bitfinex is simply covering their asses with this one. To OP, unfortunately, they do have the right to request for verification to prove ownership and identity, it says so in their terms. To what extent, it's difficult to say.
Notary public and all that won't cost you much but I would take the advice of others and just engage a qualified legal practitioner to get all this done for you. Pretty sure they'd do it for a small fee probably less than 1% of that 500 BTC.
Not a terrible cost to pay, considering the sum involved. Why anyone would want to store so much outside a wallet they don't control I wouldn't know....
March 28, 2018, 02:42:46 PM
[sic]
Why anyone would want to store so much outside a wallet they don't control I wouldn't know....
Even if it really was 3 years ago, that's still enough to not have it in the hands of somebody else. Pretty unbelievable story, and I'm sure Bitfinex isn't buying it either. Also, they mentioned a VPN, so already they suspect it is not the original account owner. Why anyone would want to store so much outside a wallet they don't control I wouldn't know....
March 28, 2018, 12:07:47 PM
either there is some miscommunication, or i am missing something.
why are they treating this as a compromised account? you're not saying your account was hacked (and funds stolen), so why are they asserting that and requiring a police report?
why are they treating this as a compromised account? you're not saying your account was hacked (and funds stolen), so why are they asserting that and requiring a police report?
I think it must have something to do with this.
bitfinex asked me to do a complete verification after I lost access to my account a while ago.
From reading the email Bitfinex sent they are not convinced the OP is the rightful owner of the account. If I'm reading the OP correctly they are either trying to recover a hacked account/lost password or they did that earlier and now Bitfinex has become suspicious about it.
This sounds like the most reasonable explanation. It is a lot of coin, after all, millions of dollar's worth, so bitfinex is simply covering their asses with this one. To OP, unfortunately, they do have the right to request for verification to prove ownership and identity, it says so in their terms. To what extent, it's difficult to say.
Notary public and all that won't cost you much but I would take the advice of others and just engage a qualified legal practitioner to get all this done for you. Pretty sure they'd do it for a small fee probably less than 1% of that 500 BTC.
Not a terrible cost to pay, considering the sum involved. Why anyone would want to store so much outside a wallet they don't control I wouldn't know....
March 28, 2018, 10:00:15 AM
The thing is, the friends you say you got the money from will have to have sources for where they got their money, too. If you say something vague like that it will need to go further into investigation, so there's no point unless you get their tax records to prove they actually could be assumed to be able to give you money like that. So you'll likely need to draw a contract with them saying that you'll pay them a certain amount once you receive your funds back because that's an awful lot of trouble for them to go through for you as well. Signed notary for them as well and all that stuff previously mentioned by another member.
Just play it by the book and you could end up very wealthy if those coins aren't sourced to any illegal activities. If they are, simply trying to claim them will land you into a big deal of trouble. I don't think you realize how far agencies will go to deny terrorist money laundering. Not saying that's what you are doing or did, but that is probably along the line they're thinking.
Just play it by the book and you could end up very wealthy if those coins aren't sourced to any illegal activities. If they are, simply trying to claim them will land you into a big deal of trouble. I don't think you realize how far agencies will go to deny terrorist money laundering. Not saying that's what you are doing or did, but that is probably along the line they're thinking.
March 28, 2018, 06:02:41 AM
I did not use localbitcoins to buy my bitcoins with cash.
I went to a local bar here where bitcoiners met occasionally.
how I can prove the cash I used was obtained legitimately,if I also took money
from friends to buy BTC with cash?
I have access to my electrum wallet and to the transactions I did years ago
but no papers about cash withdraws and my friends investments...
- If you have used cash and face too face deal than tell them this in detail and also include name of the bar where you have purchased it. If you can contact the seller than you can also include their names and details. (you might have to pay some to them).I went to a local bar here where bitcoiners met occasionally.
how I can prove the cash I used was obtained legitimately,if I also took money
from friends to buy BTC with cash?
I have access to my electrum wallet and to the transactions I did years ago
but no papers about cash withdraws and my friends investments...
- Your friends can give you written statement stating he have given those cash to you.
- You can also send those electrum transactions to them.
Ask your friends for his bank statement of the date where he have withdrawn significant amount of cash at the time when you have purchased those bitcoin.
Good luck..
March 28, 2018, 04:55:15 AM
Get a lawyer to write to Bitfinex in legalese language. If you can compile whatever you have (police report, transaction records from your Electrum wallet and maybe notarized affidavits from your friends certifying and explaining the flow of funds from them to you) I'm sure you will have a strong case in your hands.
If you really own the coins, you should assert your ownership and claim rights. There are exchanges which will make the reclaiming of coins as complicated and daunting as possible in the hope that you might give up the chase. There is a chance here that Bitfinex might have identified your account as dormant and added your coins to their revenue coffers. No company on this planet willingly relinquishes assets which explains why they are making the process as challenging as possible for you.
If you really own the coins, you should assert your ownership and claim rights. There are exchanges which will make the reclaiming of coins as complicated and daunting as possible in the hope that you might give up the chase. There is a chance here that Bitfinex might have identified your account as dormant and added your coins to their revenue coffers. No company on this planet willingly relinquishes assets which explains why they are making the process as challenging as possible for you.
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