Should I pay a tax the platform demands?
No. A fresh tax, verification, or anti-money-laundering deposit demanded by the platform is part of the fraud. Stop paying and keep the demand as evidence.
Fraud recovery here means the coins moved because of a deception: a fake platform, a fake relationship, or a fake investment. It does not mean ACS files the lawsuit. No win, no fee. $0 upfront.
ACS Legal Limited (Hong Kong CR 61832470) is a cryptocurrency asset-recovery firm. It traces stolen Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT and prepares the evidence file. Legal advice and any court filing are handled by admitted lawyers at separate firms, and only if you agree to that introduction. SarahLegal.co (Sarah Schumacher, Swiss Bar, Canton of Jura) may be instructed. Crypto Justice Legal (Sascha Christener, admitted in the Canton of Bern in February 2018) is a separate firm you can contact directly. Sending a form does not hire a lawyer. We aim to contact you within one business day. ACS does not accept citizens or permanent residents of the United States, Germany, Italy, or France.
Chats, the site address, bank or card payments that funded the crypto buy, and the withdrawal that went to the scammer. The bank payment matters as the on-ramp, not as a standalone banking case.
If the coins moved through heavy mixing into a wallet with no custodian, we say so. ACS Legal Limited does not accept citizens or permanent residents of the United States, Germany, Italy, or France.
No. A fresh tax, verification, or anti-money-laundering deposit demanded by the platform is part of the fraud. Stop paying and keep the demand as evidence.
Case review
Tell us the platform, the asset, and what happened. We aim to contact you within one business day. There is no charge to request a review. If we accept the case, you sign written terms first. The success fee is typically 12.5% of funds that actually reach you. If nothing is recovered, no success fee is due. Court, bank, or conversion charges can still arise.