From wme.cc's own ToS regarding AML compliance.
WME.cc views Money Laundering as a serious criminal offence, and as such, complies with regulatory requirements intended to forestall and prevent money laundering. These include:
• Identifying customers.
• Retaining transaction and identification records for a minimum period of five years.
• Training staff continuously in terms of anti-money laundering regulations.
• Monitoring and reporting any and all suspicious activities.
• Supervise and oversee that all transactions and information in the system is correct and complies with applicable laws.
Please note that WME.cc has the right to refuse a transaction at any time should suspicion arise that it may be connected to money laundering or any other criminal activity. In addition, WME.cc will report this suspicious activity in order to comply with said regulations, and internationally accepted laws and customs which also prohibits WME.cc from disclosing this information.
I therefore presume that WME knows the identity of the person who sold him the allegedly stolen Bitcoins and has reported the suspicious activity.
From their own ToS regarding refunding of unverified accounts.
Our service is available to verified customers only. Any deposit made to our bank account without following due process as contain in the users member area will not be treated. Such customer will be forced to register and verify an WME.cc account before funding. We may not refund, Please be informed!
Well what do you know. If you don't complete the registration and verification process to their satisfaction, they mightn't refund your deposits.
Customers who could not complete the verification due to inability to provide the requested documents can make cash payments in our office. All other transactions are made through our bank accounts listed on the customer invoice which is only available to the verified customers.
So you can pay money
into your account in cash without verification, but transfers and withdrawals must be made through their bank accounts, which requires you to be a
verified customer.
OP if you are legit and still have money left then book a ticket to Australia with a decent international criminal lawyer and take cryptoexchange on directly. If your claim is honest and legit you have alot more to win out of this case than what they actually owe to you.
Criminal lawyers defend people accused by the
state of having broken the law. If the OP believes that a
crime has been committed, then he needs to report it to Australian law enforcement. You can't bring your own criminal lawyer to prosecute a criminal case. Whether charges are laid and prosecuted is up to the Director of Public Prosecutions. He could certainly
try to recover his funds by civil action in the NSW courts system, though. Hell, if the case ever got as far as even being listed for mention I'd show up for a front row seat each day.
