We had $30,000 stolen by a Hong Kong company
Anaita shares that a Hong Kong-based company stole $30,000 from her business, and despite involving local police and lawyers and spending $8,000 in legal fees, there's no guarantee of recovering the money. She warns that the company is still operating under the same name, address, and phone number.
The lessons
Fighting international fraud can cost more in legal fees than you might ever recover.
A company's public listing and contact details staying active doesn't mean they're legitimate or safe to trust.
Transcript
i didn't want to make a video about this because i didn't want to ruin any ongoing investigation but it seems like nothing can be done today i'm going to name and shame the company that has stolen 30 000 of our money this company is based in hong kong so we got the hong kong police department involved we've got hong kong lawyers involved and we've already spent 8 000 on legal fees the problem is is that we would have to spend more in order to keep fighting this and there's absolutely no guarantee that we'll get our money back anyway this is not a small family business this is a company that has illegally taken my money and has taken the money of many other businesses too this is their brand name their address is still listed and so is their phone number they are still in operation there's nothing much more that can be done but i just thought i'd let you know
