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Recovery Story · June 2026

The ‘AI Trading’ Platform That Couldn’t Pay Out — and the AUD 96,400 We Got Back

Peak Markets Pro sold a Perth engineer on an ‘AI auto-trading’ account that only ever made money on paper. When the ‘performance fee’ wall went up, we traced the real funds.

Reported lossAUD 96,400 (BTC + USDT)
Recovered88%
Timeline6 weeks

What happened

The pitch was modern: an ‘AI engine’ that traded crypto automatically with a dashboard of consistent gains. He funded with BTC and USDT and watched the numbers climb. Withdrawing the ‘profit’ required a ‘performance fee’ first — and then another. The balance, of course, was just a display.

How we recovered it

We pinpointed his real deposits to Peak Markets Pro’s wallets and followed them as they were consolidated and sent toward exchanges. Evidence packets went to the platforms holding tranches that had not yet been withdrawn, paired with a clear timeline of the fake ‘fees.’

“The word ‘AI’ made it sound legitimate. It was the same old withdrawal trap underneath.” — client, Perth, AU

The outcome

After compliance review, 88% of the AUD 96,400 was returned. Treat any ‘AI’ or ‘bot’ promising fixed gains the same way you would any platform that charges you to withdraw your own money.

Think your funds are gone? They might not be.

If a platform like this is holding your crypto, the sooner we look, the more we can usually trace. A case review is free, with no upfront fee.

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