I'm in the US and I processed prepaid debit cards to sell Bitcoin, which is against the card processor's ToS. They're holding the funds and asked for customer info, invoices, bank statements etc. I have a perfectly clean business bank account and professional invoices from my other businesses. If it matters, the processing account is several months old and has never had a chargeback.
Does anyone know of any tricks to retrieve the funds myself, without hiring a lawyer?
For example:
If I provide a random real person's address, phone number, etc. will the processor call them to verify the transaction?
If they do call, would it work if I bought some prepaid phones and had friends answer to verify?
I've started looking for a provider that is okay with crypto businesses so I don't have to deal with this again. I haven't been able to find any info on people successfully getting their funds, so I understand this might be impossible. I really don't like the idea of my money being frozen for 6 months though, so figured I would ask around. I'm willing to pay if anyone can help me retrieve the funds.
Does anyone know of any tricks to retrieve the funds myself, without hiring a lawyer?
No way.
If I provide a random real person's address, phone number, etc. will the processor call them to verify the transaction?
It his highly probable.
If they do call, would it work if I bought some prepaid phones and had friends answer to verify?
Maybe it will works.
What you plan to do is a federal criminal offence. You are facing 20-25 years in a prison. Are you willing to risk it? If they will find any incosistency in informations provided or anything suspicious, you are facing a problems with FBI investigation..
Thank you for your response. I'm familiar with the law and assumed this was the reaction I'd get, but I appreciate the validation. The only thing I planned to do is hire a lawyer to retrieve the funds though, as there aren't any other viable options.
