This is the final email they sent me:
Bitcoin Wallet address below.
bc1q7vxle6ekvqntla323v0w09t4yaakegpsn53plk
Make payment and send proof
The crypto recovery scammer is really brave since he send his coins to Binance.
Tracing the coin is the work of chain analytic companies.
Even if I did pay a chain analytic company to trace the coin and then hire a lawyer to sue, I still might not win the case. The scammer could claim that I gave him/her the seed phrase.
And even if I did win the case, I still would have to collect the money. Just because a person wins a lawsuit doesn't mean the other person will readily hand over the money.
In the above scene, there are a lot of "IF's."
And I'm sure doing this would cost a small fortune.
I haven't heard someone win over compromised coins, but yeah your conspiracy might be true since Bitcoin is still new for Average Joe and the government is moving to tightening the laws. Bitcoin might be treated as property/commodity, you might able to claim your coins, but the drawback is you must report all of your crypto holdings.