Were Bit Peak legitimate, would a $915 “AML screening fee” appear after KYC was already approved?

AML screening is a firm’s ongoing internal cost, never a pay-to-withdraw toll. I requested the screening vendor’s name and a machine-readable report hash. They replied: “proprietary.” I compared their deposit behavior (instant) versus withdrawal behavior (conditional, delayed, fee-gated)—a classic asymmetry seen in fraud rings. They also refused a bank-to-bank payout citing “batch queues,” yet they advertise “instant settlements.” Contradictions pile up because the story is made up on the fly. I asked for a regulator complaint channel; they sent a generic webmail with no case number format. Meanwhile, pressure messages escalated: “Failure to comply flags your account as high risk.” No, refusing to pay invented tolls is not risk—funds held hostage are. After three cycles of fabricated prerequisites, the intent is undeniable.