@Zhou How do you in all seriousness propose to return the remaining 40.000?
I had a conversation via email with Zhou earlier this week and this is what he told me:
I'm willing to personally commit the liability after the liquidation is done for the shortfall of funds, paid back from the profits in my future businesses.
It is nice of Zhou to suggest this but I don't think it is very practical, nor would it be ethical for creditors to accept Zhou's money if he really is innocent. Is anyone going after Chen?
Innocent or not doesn't matter here - he chose to pay off his friend with money returned from "Chen".
These 40.000 belong to US and WE didn't agree to give Zhou Tong a loan!Also consider:
1. The amount recovered is substantially less than stolen - we don't know in detail what happened here (there is enough room for a profit margin).
2. Chen A MILLIONAIRE didn't replace the cost of his laundering activity
3. Zhou protects Chens identity
4. Zhou strictly rejects to provide information about his 40.000 AurumXchange transaction to simply unlock these funds and repay the 40.000 Dollar loan he took from us without permission.
Especially 4. makes his promise to repay from future profits implausible. It's time to put the screws on.