u/redoctupus4

BOTIM money transfer caused a lien to my account
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BOTIM money transfer caused a lien to my account

I’m an NRI on vacation in kerala. My mother who’s in Dubai sent me 1,31,000 rupees via Botim on June 25. I got a message from my Federal Bank yesterday that the remaining amount on my bank (76,000) is put on lien. I went to my branch and they informed me that it’s because there’s a cyber case from Jharkhand against that transaction and the only thing they could do from their side is provide me with the cyber number that shows up on their screen. He said we could either wait for the case to finish or approach an advocate to request for the letter that shows that the amount has been put on lien. I tried calling the number he gave me (0651-2220060) but it doesn’t seem to be a working number anymore. We also approached an advocate but he doesn’t even seem to care as he says this is Kerala and the case was filed in Jharkhand and if we escalate it to the Higher courts we would be spending 30,000- 40,000. Could anyone please help on what to do next? Isn’t Botim legal in UAE?

Also to add on, the transaction shows Escrow Stack instead of Botim. Maybe there’s a case against them? Is that why?

u/redoctupus4 — 18 hours ago