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ZachXBT says three clients stiffed him on $100K in recovery fees

  • —Three clients have failed to pay agreed fees since June 2026, totaling about $100,000
  • —In September he helped recover $275,000 stolen by an Indian phone-scam group
  • —The client in that case has been unreachable for about four weeks but remains active on X
  • —ZachXBT no longer answers cold DMs, handling only referrals from trusted mutual contacts
Why it matters: Unpaid recovery work could discourage on-chain sleuths from assisting scam victims, making it harder to claw back stolen funds.
Source: PANews