Quote from: Harlot on June 02, 2018, 01:30:19 PM

Poloniex is definitely liable they are illegally holding you money without any reason relating to illegal or wrongful doing. They are just basically putting you in a bad position in order to waive your legal rights against them. First off all legal rights are always there it cannot be remove not unless you are involve in a criminal violations. Second any contract agreement related to a removal of rights just to withdraw your own money is basically voidable. So what I am saying is you have another choice. If you accept their terms now you can easily sue them about it after you receive your funds or even if there are any future problems you can't solve because they are bringing up there so-called "agreement" with you.

I believe you are correct as it falls under the "under duress" category. I was hoping an actual lawyer was on here that could site a precedent.

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It may take the form of a (1) compulsive act, (2) threat that causes fear, or (3) use of moral or social pressure to overpower the will of the individual. Agreements entered into, or testaments signed under, duress are judged illegal and invalid. See also coercion and undue influence.

Thanks for the input.

Quote from: SyGambler on June 02, 2018, 05:36:51 AM

since you pmed me with this thread I assume you know about my past issue with poloniex , yeah they don't respect their customers and they don't respect their TOS
they suddenly decided to stop accepting traders from my country without any warning , I ended getting my money stuck there for over two months waiting for them to reply
but they paid me after ignoring me for a little bit over 2 months , same thing happened with all the Syrians I know

the shadiest exchange at the moment is bittrex since they are still holding Syrians funds without paying them or even responding to their tickets

Yes I pm'd you in case you had not gotten your issue resolved yet, glad you did.

Quote from: Big Naturals on June 02, 2018, 10:05:49 AM

Please add bittrex to your complaint, they froze accounts without warning and changed terms of service requiring kyc for withdrawals without any grace period for existing customers.

poloniex and bittrex are both rogue exchanges now, and both should have their actions tested in court.

I don't deal with bittrex but have heard about this also. I will mention it but since I doubt Delaware is where Bittrex is licensed out of I'm sure they will just say goto whatever jurisdiction bittrex falls under. But I will ask just the same.

Quote from: Reinhe on June 02, 2018, 02:16:17 AM

Poloniex froze my account on May 27. I sent documents for verification several times, but the status remain unchanged: Attention required. In technical support left two tickets, but no one answers them. On the balance remained a large sum for me. I also know that there are a lot of such people.
For now without further information. Depending on further events.

Sorry for my english, but, I think, is understandable.

Your English is fine. As far as the bolded, have them post in here with ticket numbers if they can. I'd like to have as much ammo as possible when I get a call back next week.

I am doing this because I can, I have no fear of the IRS or anyone else knocking on my door or hauling me into court because I have undeclared funds.

I'm surprised there are not more users here with funds locked under verification. One reason for this thread besides collecting advice on the legality of their move is also the gauge the extent of the seized accounts. Yes if the account has been frozen it is seized no matter what they call it. I understand there are people that cannot acknowledge funds on that exchange do to local laws and such and cannot post in an open forum so anyone that falls under that heading can pm me and I will provide a private email for you to converse with.