Have not made a decision looking for advice

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Fracchiolla,
To my knowledge no one on AP has been cheated at BJ, the exposed cheats were playing high stakes poker. Therefore you were NOT cheated and only a handful of poker players were, you unfortunately lost like alot of folks do at BJ.

However your remaining money in the account is rightfully yours and you CAN get it if you follow the steps they ask you to, as suggested before this is a completely standard process which almost all sites make you go through for your first cashout.

Disputing these charges with your financial institution will eventually come back on you, the poker sites have over the last few years had problems with people disputing charges so they have taken the necessary measures to track where charges/deposits come from in the event someone disputes a valid charge. If you dispute a valid charge it will come back on you at some point, could even get charged off on your credit report as bad debt if they dont get it back out of your bank account, etc etc. No reason to go down this path, make the right decision.