Simon's operation was closed due to "suspicion of fraud" not ml,
" Ladies and Gentlemen,
regarding your question, I would like to inform that due
www.bitcoins-24.de not the Bremen authorities, but law enforcement authorities in Berlin are responsible for the facts in the investigation. The investigation on suspicion of fraud will be conducted at the StA Berlin under number 241 Js 380/13.
I ask relevant questions thus jurisdictional convenience to be sent to the local authority in Berlin. "
therefore there maybe still a chance for fraud charges to be dropped and maybe continue the operation, or just let everybody get their money out.
Nope. There was an older investigation, under number 290 JS 47630/12, that was actually the cause for freezing and impounding his accounts. It had gone on for some time already (at least early March) and was for suspicion of money laundering.
The 241 Js 380/13 fraud cause started much later, probably after bitcoin24 was closed by Simon. Both investigations are now bundled in Berlin, so its correct that Bremen authorities dont have anything to do with it anymore.
I had posted a rough estimate of the timeline earlier (
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=174600.msg1877068#msg1877068).