Quote from: darnth on April 18, 2013, 02:08:54 PM

Ok, here we go.
Short warning, if you think Simons english is a bit incoherent, the German isnt really much better. Hes probably just really stressed out/on the edge and also not used to writing public announcements (no clear structure or consistent train of thought). My translation isnt very literal at places, as its easier for me to write semi-fine english sentences than to translate slightly garbled german literally into english. If the english is still garbled, its usually not my fault Cheesy

, but the german being sloppy/ambiguous.

Disclaimer: I ALSO DONT CLAIM ACCURACY OF THIS UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION, of course. I am trying to be as accurate as possible, as some wording used is very sensitive to interpretation, but I am just some user trying to help, you know how to take that.

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We are already a small step further.
The biggest problem is that whatever I publish is depicted as "fake".

Things that are a very serious topic, are one the other hand somehow ridiculous.

Why was there a need for an account at Commerzbank?
There were issues with "Sofortueberweisung", hence I added the Giropay option to Bitcoin-24 and Giropay required a german account.
My bank counselor at Commerzbank was informed in detail about the plans for the account and the expected business volume.
So the Commerzbank account was used as the german one required by Giropay.

Why was the polish account frozen?
The polish account was frozen as the criminal investigation department of the Bremen police requested legal and administrative cooperation.
The polish administration did not file any charges against me on their own, and why should they?
The polish administration simply heard the words "money laundering and terrorist financing" and froze the account.
A formal objection was filed against the freezing of the account on April 16.

Who or what is behind all this, and what are the reasons?
The reason is serious as well as ridiculous! So ridiculous that some might think its a joke:
The Commerzbank in Bremen reported to the police that I often did cash transactions. I am perfectly well entitled to withdraw cash, and I think you know that many people supporting bitcoin dont really trust financial institutions.
The cash transactions have NOTHING AT ALL to do with customer deposits. I assure you of that!
It was always either profit from fees of "Same-Day" bank transfer, from parcels or from donations.

Now the situation is that the Commerzbank account only got payments from Giropay. These payments belong to the business, but I withdrew the above profits from the Commerzbank account nonetheless. As already said this is not illegal and I am perfectly entitled to do so.
The Commerzbank is now accusing me of the following:

[...] he intends to have at his disposal, in cash and for his own ends, the sums of money transfered via Giropay to his account at Commerzbank Bremen from his customers to buy and trade with Bitcoins [...]

This is in no way correct, as ALSO a large part of the customer account deposits are at Commerzbank.
The Commerzbank now reported this "practice" to the criminal investigation department Bremen, who then impounded the Commerzbank account. Including a large part of customer account deposits.

What is the current situation:
As mentioned above, a formal objection was filed against the freezing of the polish account, as there was no reason for this.
Against the Commerzbank a lawsuit is being filed, as they caused very high damage.
1. The blocking of the account in Poland 2. The blocking of the account in Germany 3. My inability to act/do business as director of BTC24 Limited.

People, what are you thinking of me? That I am on some island, driving a fat car and having a life of leisure?
NO! My life is exactly as before and will certainly do NOTHING to the customer deposits!
Of course, non-profit and everything! But the "Same-Day" bank transfers, of which there were about 20 per day with a fee of 1%, are creating enough profit from the trading platform!

I wanted to create something where people can trade with bitcoins. I managed to do that. But then they try to take this away from me and destroy it by blocking my accounts!
As sorry as I am for everyone, its basically really not my fault! I used two different accounts, where both banks knew what I am doing and what business volume would register on the accounts.
Despite all the "Where is Simon Hausdorf" business I will not go into hiding and I am standing openly by what happened and how things proceed. But for this its required that the users/you believe me.

For real! If I had wanted to play you for a sucker, why am I writing this and why didnt I walk off with the 5 Million? Ok, maybe because I cant access the money, but wouldnt I have been able to do this much earlier? People, the money doesn't interest me at all! My motivation is really different.

The clerks/officers dont even care for me telling them that I cant conduct my business due to the account blocking, and that with certainty there will be some lawsuits being filed against my company.
Lawsuits also means even more problem with the police and the public prosecution department.

They simply dont understand how it is possible to have such a high business volume in such a short amount of time.
The money is and always was on these accounts and I NEVER touched it! All payments are documented/traceable and there were no problems ever to process withdrawals, apart from at the end, for the reasons given above!

Edit: Small hint, stop doing stuff like the Facebook groups.
1. Its dissimulation
2. Violation of copyright of some images
3. There are a number of threats
4. Its like a witch-hunt / as well as death threats
5. Charges were filed against Thomas Staegle

Personally I sort of believe Simon that its no scam, but I am not entirely sure whether his withdrawals from the account were legit and they DO accuse him of embezzlement. I am no expert on business practices and dont know exactly how the account was set up, so no idea whether the practices described by him are ok.

Thanks alot Darnth - massive contribution from your part!