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Re:Update: Stripe is holding over $400k of mine with no expl... by gamblor956 on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @01:31PM (#34235649)
That is extortion.

Your sister should contact the FBI, as it is unlikely that she is the scammers' only target, and this crime likely crosses state (or international) borders.

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Re:Update: Stripe is holding over $400k of mine with no expl... by moloch-hai on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @07:17PM (#34240058)
If it crosses international borders (probably) the FBI is stopped.

Actually the amounts cited are well below the FBI's interest threshold in any case.

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Re:Update: Stripe is holding over $400k of mine with no expl... by gamblor956 on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @07:38PM (#34240255)
No, the FBI is not precluded from investigating cross-border crimes. They just have to work with their foreign counterparts on the investigation.

And the amounts cited are not below the FBI's interest threshold; the whole point of my comment is that their are probably other victims, which makes this a larger crime than just the OP's system and probably involves sophisticated or organized criminals. This makes it exactly the kind of crime the FBI loves to investigate.

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Re:Update: Stripe is holding over $400k of mine with no expl... by bob_theslob646 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:26AM (#34245253)
>If it crosses international borders (probably) the FBI is stopped.

May you share a source for where you heard this information?

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Re:Update: Stripe is holding over $400k of mine with no expl... by ranger_danger on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @03:46PM (#34251278)
They didn't, they just made it up
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Re:Update: Stripe is holding over $400k of mine with no expl... by moloch-hai on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @09:26PM (#34255117)
FBI has relationships with certain countries. Criminals prefer to use countries they don't. For reasons.
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Re:Update: Stripe is holding over $400k of mine with no expl... by gamblor956 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @08:12PM (#34269617)
Only 4 countries (Micronesia, North Korea, Palau and Tuvalu) are not participants in INTERPOL, and criminal organizations generally don't operate out of them...
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Re:Update: Stripe is holding over $400k of mine with no expl... by moloch-hai on Thursday January 05, 2023 @09:11PM (#34270060)
Cooperation by many other countries is sharply limited.
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