How would you suppose sportsbet.io prove that the OP is violating their TOS? The OP said that Steve wrote to him saying his KYC documents were stolen, so they could not accept them. Do you want Steve to publish the documents, which he believes are stolen? That would be doxing some unknown, uninvolved individual.
Something similar happened not long ago, which was settle via mediation by members of the forum.
How you so confident that the documents were fake? Is there no way to verify KYC except publish documents in public? So only we suppose to believe what is Sportsbet saying (even not posting here)? We hadn't heard anything from Steve either OP wrong or right.
Your opinion your tag, but I'm not sure that's really helpful. Sportsbet isn't some fly-by-night outfit, looking for the short scam. This is a legitimate business we're talking about, one with a lot to lose. Their reputation is worth far more than $8k, and I doubt they would risk that reputation without just cause.
How are we be sure there aren't similar cases out of the forum? There is the possibility that all victims don't know about this forum to create an accusation. Of course, we don't have the right to talk about it out of the forum, but those are on the forum I believe we have the right to talk about it.
In the example from last summer Sportsbet was certain their terms of service had been violated, yet due to the pressure from the community they acquiesced to a settlement to appease the crowd. Is this really a good precedent? Are we going to tag all businesses that are implicated by a newbie, no matter how long they've been operating here, and ignoring other mitigating, although extraneous factors? How many times will Sportsbet allow themselves to be extorted before they abandon the forum all together?
I am not getting the point why you are saying it
pressure instead of legitimate questions? So we can't raise laminate questions against Sportsbet? We or I can't tag all businesses if there are no valid accusations neither I involved will all accusation threads. Different DT members are involving with different cases if they feel to contribute there. It doesn't mean I or everyone should handle all the accusations here and tag all the business. Sportsbet should respond and explain the situation at least when someone creates a valid accusation against them.
I'm not defending sportsbet because they throw me some sats whenever I post. If I believed these allegations I would be ashamed to don their banner. But yes, I'm inclined to believe sportsbet.io, they've demonstrated they are a trustworthy company, and at the very least they deserve that. Instead of putting the burden on sportsbet to prove their ToS were violated, lets put the burden of proof on the newbie.
I am not saying you defending. You wrote what you believe and I wrote what I believe. But any conclusion wouldn't come from our beliefs or emotions. OP describes whatever he has, so Sportsbet should describe as well the current situations. After that, we may come to a conclusion. There wouldn't be any solution by you or me only without the involvement of Sportsbet. OP said he is ready to cooperate if Sportsbet needs something else to unlock the account and it was stated publicly but seems Steve just stop replying here and I don't think this is a positive move of Sportsbet.
So don't much worry about feedback or your banner. Anyone not blaming yet about wearing their banner or advertising them. I really don't see any reason why you should feel ashamed, this is an ongoing process and hope Sportsbet will solve it or prove OP is wrong.