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Tradeopol: A Pig-Butchering “Tax to Withdraw” Claim Where 19% Was Honest

CLAIM · SAR-2026-0288 · VERIFIED & COORDINATED

A Vancouver pharmacist was guided over months by an online “friend” into Tradeopol, then told a 20% “withdrawal tax” stood between her and her profits. She filed months later. We verified and coordinated honestly — the partner-reported return was 19%.

Reported lossCAD 118,000InstrumentUSDTOriginVancouver, CanadaClaim filedJanuary 2026Reported operatorTradeopol →Partner-reported outcome19% returned
  1. Intake
  2. Verification
  3. Match
  4. Coordination
  5. Resolution

01 How the claim came in

This was pig-butchering with a tax-wall finish. Cultivated for four months, she deposited USDT repeatedly into Tradeopol as a fake balance grew, then was told she owed a “tax” to withdraw. She paid part of it before stopping, and filed several months after her first deposit.

We were candid: aged, multi-hop stablecoin is the hardest claim to return on. She asked us to try, and verification still grounds the effort.

02 What we verified

On an aged claim, verification salvages whatever remains actionable.

  • Confirmed the operator against our Tradeopol file and its romance-into-tax-wall pattern.
  • Reconstructed the deposits and the small fraction still at reachable endpoints.
  • Established the “withdrawal tax” was a fabricated charge, not a real levy.
  • Documented the social-engineering timeline alongside the on-chain record.

03 Connecting to a vetted partner

Partner identity stays masked until a claim is filed

We matched the claim to a vetted recovery partner that handles aged stablecoin cases, with expectations set in writing first. The partner stayed masked until she filed and chose to connect.

04 What SARFUND did

  1. Isolated the reachable endpoints from the long chain of cashed-out hops.
  2. Matched the claim to a vetted partner willing to engage a difficult, aged case.
  3. Relayed the partner’s requests and supported her through hard-to-revisit evidence.
  4. Tracked the partner’s engagement with the few live endpoints and reported plainly.
Partner-reported outcome19%of the reported loss returned, as reported by the partner. Most funds had been cashed out over the months before she filed — the cost of delay.

05 Red flags, in hindsight

  • An online relationship that steers, eventually, to an investment platform.
  • A “tax” or “fee” demanded before you can withdraw your own balance.
  • A balance that climbs smoothly for months.
  • Long delays before suspicion sets in.

If someone you met online has guided you to a platform, treat it as a red flag now. File a claim and we will verify it and tell you honestly what is possible.

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SARFUND is an intermediary case registry. We verify reported operators, match claims to vetted recovery partners, and coordinate the claim to resolution — we do not provide direct recovery services.