Quote from: STT on September 06, 2018, 02:09:54 PM

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Why not just return the funds to the address they were received from? That should settle it.

That is my first thought, I do agree with you. They can comply with KYC and just refuse to do business with this individual not known to them, if thats the problem they raise.

Its basically nonsense, crypto used to be free of this red tape highjacking and now its become a travisty like the rest of every corporate enterprise that sits below government.

Its perfectly straightforward to reject a received value and return to sender. Unless they absolutely know these funds are illegal and are certain to contact authorities to pass over funds. If there was some strong suspicion or evidence, I can understand every business has an unstated purpose to stay legal and within the boundaries of the law of the country its situated in. Thats not a point that needs to be argued, companies dont wish to put themselves at risk so its justified.

To disappear with someone elses value indefinitely and benefit your own interests with this value, thats easily observable as corrupt and should not be allowed to pass without notice from the wider community.

Thank you for the post. What you say is 100% true. Until or unless this situation is resolved they changenow exchange is holding "11 BTC for free" probably in the hope they will keep it (ie scam the sender). Surely they should return the funds and avoid more negative publicity.

This conduct by the changenow team reminds me of the time years ago when a popular and famous exchange screwed its investors by doing the same thing in asking for ID. They would not allow users to log in when resetting their passwords. The exchange was eventually closed, it was scam and investors lost everything. I am not saying changenow will close down, I am not even saying they are a scam outfit but what they are doing to this "customer" of theirs is an overkill. None of it is is important.

Kudos to the OP who paid for this bitcointalk forum to display his ads highlighting the way he was treated by changenow. Much respect to him.