Yes, my initial researach was conducted at about 10:00 a.m. on October 8, before the dissolution and the message now shown to ePass users when they log in has changed.
Showing as of a few minutes ago:
" IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR EPASSPORTE ACCOUNT
Dear XXXXXXXXXXXX,
It is with great regret we inform you that ePassporte must close its doors due to a lack of revenue and circumstances beyond our control.
Effective immediately, the call center, ePassporte's sales and marketing team and risk management staff will no longer be available. A small group will remain to organize wallet requests and help disburse funds. On the ePassporte website, in the near future, wallet holders will be provided further information on what is needed to obtain your funds. This will mainly be a process to protect wallet holder funds from fraud. We expect this will be a simplified process, and as we receive the necessary information, our small remaining staff will process requests as quickly as they can. Please direct your wallet questions, concerns and requests to
[email protected].
For those of you with funds on your Visa Accounts, we are informed that St. Kitts Bank is working on a plan to provide everyone with full access to their funds through their Visa Electron Cards or by bank wire transfers and will inform you accordingly.
We appreciate your support for the ePassporte program over the past 7 years and deeply regret we must close our doors at this difficult time.
Sincerely,
ePassporte.com
You have US$XXXXXXXXX available in your ePassporte Wallet. What's this?
Your Virtual/Visa Electron balance is currently not available."
I'm no longer going to even try to speculate as to where the ePass funds are located but I will write this; Mallick is a creep and perfectly willing to be on everyone's shit list but he is a smart creep and may well not be willing to do things which would land him in jail, which is but one of the reasons I think the ePass wallet funds will become available.
I could be wrong but I sincerely hope not!