Asked by Patrick on 19-05-2024 19:01:09
Question posted in the General Law category relating to Western Cape
Dear Sir/Madam
I enrolled my daughter (who was a student at the time) into MTI. I also funded her MTI account.
At some point there were some negative publicity emerging about MTI and the FSCA cautioning people about MTI. I decided to withdraw some of the bitcoin. This happened on separate occasions. The total withdrawals amounted to 0.162902 BTC.
Despite these withdrawals, I deposited a total of 0.848429 BTC into the account. After all is said and done, I am at a loss of 0.685527 BTC when MTI closed down.
The liquidators have now summonsed my daugther to pay back the 0.162902 BTC withdrawn at today's BTC price (more than R200000).
I do not see why she is demanded to pay money into the estate of MTI when, in fact, we are creditors (net losers). How should I approach them to prevent them from obtaining a default judgement against her? She only started working this year and is stressed out of her mind about this.
I await your most expeditious response in this urgent matter.
Sincerely
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