Interesting--I'll definitely be keeping an eye on what develops here.
Wasn't there another big company (I'm thinking a hardware wallet) that partnered with Changelly, or am I thinking of another instant exchange? And I've always given them the benefit of the doubt when it came to complaints on the forum, since many times whoever was making the scam accusation never followed up on whether the problem was resolved or not. That said, I've seen enough scams in the crypto space to know that things are rarely what they seem, and even long-time, seemingly legitimate businesses can turn rogue at the drop of a hat.
Are there any instant exchanges that Changelly isn't a part of? I'm not sure how popular the other ones are, but I know Changenow has been around for a while and has also had tons of complaints. There are a bunch of smaller ones if I'm not mistaken, and they've got to be registered in some country with lax crypto laws--if they're registered at all. Anyway. I'm not sure what to expect at this point, but I can't say I'm excited about this drama. Shit like this does not help the cause of bitcoin in any way.
There are many "partners"(a.ka themself) and there are many partners that are aware of scam and still partner up becuse of their huge influence and obviously good cut into scam make sure to checkout than u might remember who is it yeah about changenow that's directly owned by them it's 100% their's project make sure to see on roadmap when we post preview of leak about changenow but regarding those small one's yeah we are aware of them and we recorded them and that's part of "changelly wallet scam" in there you will find out list of all their small exchanges. and yeah again you are right some of them are registrated in country with no laws at all in terms of any business regulations and some are not registrated even at all they just say we are from "chile" and do not provide any data about company nor respond on emails about it. Exactly it doesn't help crypto sphere at all that;s why they need to be removed