[YoureToast]

[ QUOTE ]
I am a lawyer, (not my area of practice) and I don't think this would be worth your investment at the moment. Certainly I would not suggest trying to litigate. If you can find someone who is willing to write a VERY well crafted "demand letter" to Neteller that might be a decent investment.

The problem with writing a good demand letter at the moment is I have yet to see anyone post a reliable comprehensive statement as to why Neteller is not paying and how this relates to the DOJ/USAO and/or bank processing intermediaries. Everything I have heard so far is either vague or contradictory. At the moment I am uncertain whether anything has actually been frozen, seized, voluntarily stopped, lost in transit, lacks any viable processors, or some combination of these.

Without having a crystal clear picture of what has happendd it is impossible to determine whether Neteller has done anything wrong such that you have a remedy. What I really would like to see is someone with some "juice" talking to either the DOJ or Neteller's attorney's to get a clear picture of how things stand presently.

I do not think it is worth your money to force this information into the light. This is something that an entity with deeper pockets than you should fund.

[/ QUOTE ]

I also am a lawyer. The only real advantage I can see of getting a lawyer now, particularly to write a demand letter as suggested above, is that you might get some sort of priority from Neteller in terms of payment. This would be helpful, for example, if Neteller decided it wouldn't or couldn't pay back everybody -- ie. if it was planning on filing bankruptcy, etc. If I were in your shoes, I'd have a letter drafted for my benefit, preferably from a firm that has a UK office. I don't think it could hurt. But thats if it was me, I have have contacts to be able to do this easily and cheaply (or I could draft it myself). For you, I'd probably take a wait and see approach for at least a little longer until there's more clarity. On the other hand, although you clearly won't litigate this, but getting a letter to their general counsel may have some impact so if you can do it cheaply, go for it. I also agree that the answer to this has to be some Washington lawyer to get in touch with the DOJ and find out what the [censored] is going on.