Yep, I advise anybody who can see this to avoid using HitBTC or else you risk losing your money. There are lots of much better exchanges out there with lower fees and won't just look up your funds randomly and start hiding behind KYC requirements.

I hope that your KYC images is really unacceptable, otherwise I think that such sites will sell your documents to third parties.
I don't think they care for their reputation as long as they work in secret, taking advantage of some platforms like changelly and other fast exchange services, so selling personal documents will not make them a scandal.

Identity verification is a necessary thing if you want to deal with centralized platforms but do it only with a reliable and reputable platform and not with platforms like HITBTC.

Why would you keep your coins in an exchange thou? This has been preached over an over again "Never keep your coins in an exchange long term", "Not your private key, Not your coins"

On top of that, HitBTC is one of the worst old exchanges that still exist, we are seeing complaints about them here week in, week out. Avoid using them Like CoronaVirus.

Hi friends!

I am sorry to admit that, I as well have been scammed by HitBTC for 10 BTC. I have been trying to "verify" my account for 2 years now. 

But it is safe to say that they will never release those funds considering the amount involved. Sure they will unfreeze an account with a few $100 here and there in order to legitimize their whole fraud operation but anything larger they will keep locked up in order to hide their insolvency.

But they tide just MIGHT be turning. I have been emailing prosecutors and lawyers all around the world about this case and I have found an attorney from the Ukraine that holds close relations with people at Eurojust in order to combat cybercrime. We have a meeting scheduled in The Hague, Netherlands with Eurojust about this case. The EU is trying to ramp up prosecution of financial crimes and cyber crime so they are keen to listen at this point.

Now my attorney has filed a data inquiry with HitBTC support about my account (which I am sure they will ignore) but I have documented everything from my end as well.

So what do I need? I need proof of other people willing to step forward and tell Eurojust about their account with HitBTC and how they were scammed. If you can physically show up in The Hague even better, otherwise Skype or Zoom can be one too. Please anybody willing to step forward PM or email me to talk about this. Or simply email me your evidence collected of them scamming you together with your contact information.

If there is anybody from Chile, we can use your help too with some translations, they claim to be in Chilean jurisdiction so we are going to ramp up pressure on Chilean prosecutors as well.

If we stand together we can finally get rid of these scammers once and for all!!!!

Also please for everyone who contacted me. I am doing my best sorting through all the evidence, I did not expect such a response.

Please with everything you guys and girls provided me, also file for a personal data request under GPDR law. This data can assist us greatly in an upcoming legal battle!

Hey,

Yes thanx for the interest. I had a meeting with 2 people and my attorney from Ukraine yesterday in The Hague at the Eurojust office. I presented them all my evidence of scamming and of HitBTC hiding behind KYC measures. I also had like 50 people message me to get their story across with their contact info. I printed this all out and handed it over.

Now Eurojust is not a law enforcement agency they only provide judicial co-operation in criminal matters. So they told me they were going to reach out to agencies all around the world in order to start looking to see what they know about this exchange. So they asked me to wait since these matters can take months but they did assure me they were taking it very seriously since there were a lot of complaints about this for years and the fact that they damage realy KYC/AML legislation by taking advance of this and trying to hide behind it. I have good faith in the dutch about this, they really seemed to know the lingo and are taking me serious.

It can take months or even years, I dont know but the wheels of justice are turning!

endless story.

I highly doubt the suing HitBtc with strong pieces of evidence will be enough to solve the problem efficiently. These guys have prepared the tricky user agreement and they can easily manipulate the T&C in their favor. There are several discussion threads on Reddit about these scammers. Anyway, good luck and pls don't forget to inform us about any update.

are they still alive ?

The account was blocked on the exchange for no reason. First, they asked to provide identification documents. I provided everything on the second day, filled in all the fields. Several times canceled due to poor quality photos, they said that you need a document in English, well, Provided a passport. Then they canceled the procedure several times for unknown reasons, and now they write that my photo was edited. It got to the point of absurdity. If your exchange does not start moving, then I will start moving, and then everyone will know about your fraud