“profit extraction compliance fee” before releasing my funds. For a long time, everything behaved normally—order execution, balance updates, even customer service replies felt professional. But as soon as I initiated withdrawal, the platform claimed my account had entered a “PEC assessment stage,” a phrase I’ve never heard in regulated finance. When I asked what compliance authority mandated such a fee, they offered no answer—only vague statements about “mandatory internal evaluation.” It’s becoming obvious that the fee exists solely to delay or prevent payout. This is a familiar tactic in fraudulent schemes.