Allied Capital Trade Newsletter No. 156

Poštovani klijenti,

U prethodnom obaveštenju govorili smo o tome zašto u dugotrajnim predmetima investicionih prevara mogu postojati periodi bez novih informacija koje se mogu podeliti sa oštećenima.

Ove nedelje želimo da se osvrnemo na drugo pitanje koje je posebno važno kod predmeta poput Allied Capital Trade: zašto se kod pokušaja utvrđivanja sudbine uloženih sredstava pažnja ne može zadržati samo na kompaniji ili platformi preko koje je ulaganje izvršeno.

Platforma je često samo početna tačka

Kada investitor izgubi sredstva, prirodno je da predmet posmatra kroz naziv platforme kojoj je novac poveren.

Međutim, u složenijim investicionim prevarama naziv pod kojim je platforma poslovala može predstavljati samo jedan deo mnogo šire strukture.

Sredstva koja su uplaćivali investitori mogu biti prosleđivana drugim kompanijama, bankovnim računima, pružaocima platnih usluga ili drugim fizičkim i pravnim licima. U pojedinim slučajevima novac može prolaziti kroz više takvih tačaka pre nego što stigne do svog krajnjeg odredišta.

Zbog toga prestanak rada određene platforme ili kompanije ne mora nužno predstavljati kraj mogućnosti za utvrđivanje daljeg kretanja sredstava.

Zašto je tok novca važan?

Kod ovakvih predmeta jedno od ključnih pitanja nije samo ko je primao sredstva od investitora, već i šta se sa tim sredstvima dogodilo nakon prijema.

Utvrđivanje daljeg toka može pomoći da se identifikuju računi, kompanije ili druga lica koja ranije nisu bila očigledno povezana sa samom platformom.

Istovremeno, upravo ovaj deo postupanja može biti veoma složen. Podaci se mogu nalaziti kod različitih banaka, finansijskih institucija i pružalaca usluga, često u više država, zbog čega njihovo pribavljanje i povezivanje može zahtevati značajno vreme.

Nestanak platforme ne znači nužno i nestanak svih tragova

Čak i kada internet stranica više nije dostupna, kompanija prestane da posluje ili osobe povezane sa platformom više nisu aktivne pod istim nazivom, mogu postojati podaci o ranijim transakcijama.

Bankarski podaci, evidencije platnih institucija, dokumentacija kompanija i drugi finansijski tragovi mogu biti značajni za rekonstrukciju kretanja sredstava.

Naravno, mogućnost pribavljanja i korišćenja takvih podataka zavisi od okolnosti konkretnog slučaja, države u kojoj se podaci nalaze, proteka vremena i pravnog okvira koji se primenjuje.

Zbog toga nije moguće unapred pretpostaviti da će svaki trag dovesti do identifikacije ili povraćaja sredstava.

Šta ovo znači za Allied Capital Trade?

U predmetu Allied Capital Trade nastavljamo da pratimo informacije koje mogu biti relevantne za položaj naših klijenata.

U ovom trenutku nemamo novu proverenu informaciju koja bi menjala prethodno saopšteni status predmeta. Ipak, smatramo važnim da objasnimo zbog čega se kod ovakvih slučajeva pažnja ne usmerava isključivo na status same platforme, već i na potencijalne finansijske tragove i druga lica ili subjekte koji mogu biti povezani sa kretanjem sredstava.

Ukoliko budemo raspolagali novim, dovoljno pouzdanim informacijama koje mogu biti od značaja za Vaš predmet, o tome ćemo Vas blagovremeno obavestiti.

Hvala Vam na ukazanom poverenju.

S poštovanjem,

Advokat Zoran Miljaković

Dear Clients,

In our previous update, we discussed why long-running investment fraud matters may go through periods during which there is no new information that can be shared with victims.

This week, we would like to address another issue that is particularly relevant in matters such as Allied Capital Trade: why efforts to establish what happened to invested funds cannot necessarily focus only on the company or platform through which the investment was made.

The platform is often only the starting point

When an investor loses funds, it is natural to view the matter primarily through the name of the platform to which the money was entrusted.

However, in more complex investment fraud cases, the name under which a platform operated may represent only one part of a much broader structure.

Funds received from investors may have been transferred to other companies, bank accounts, payment service providers or other individuals and entities. In some cases, money may pass through several such points before reaching its ultimate destination.

For this reason, the closure of a particular platform or company does not necessarily mean that it is no longer possible to examine the subsequent movement of funds.

Why is the flow of funds important?

One of the key questions in cases of this nature is not only who initially received investors’ funds, but also what happened to those funds afterwards.

Establishing the subsequent flow of funds may help identify accounts, companies or other persons that were not previously obviously connected with the platform itself.

At the same time, this part of the process can be particularly complex. Relevant information may be held by different banks, financial institutions and service providers, often across several jurisdictions, and obtaining and connecting that information may therefore require considerable time.

The disappearance of a platform does not necessarily mean that all traces have disappeared

Even where a website is no longer available, a company has ceased operating or persons associated with the platform are no longer active under the same name, records of earlier transactions may still exist.

Banking records, payment institution records, corporate documentation and other financial traces may potentially assist in reconstructing the movement of funds.

Naturally, whether such information can be obtained and used depends on the circumstances of the particular case, the jurisdiction in which the information is held, the passage of time and the applicable legal framework.

It is therefore not possible to assume in advance that every financial trace will ultimately lead to the identification or recovery of funds.

What does this mean for the Allied Capital Trade matter?

In the Allied Capital Trade matter, we continue to monitor information that may be relevant to the position of our clients.

At present, we do not have any new verified information that would change the previously communicated status of the matter. Nevertheless, we believe it is important to explain why, in cases of this nature, attention is not necessarily limited to the status of the platform itself, but may also extend to potential financial trails and other persons or entities that may be connected with the movement of funds.

Should we obtain new, sufficiently reliable information that may be relevant to your matter, we will inform you accordingly.

Thank you for your continued trust.

Kind regards,

Attorney Zoran Miljaković