If the funds are accessible on or near September 30th that would be in less than a week ? that would seem acceptable. Even if further time was involved with documentation ? at least this is the first date (time certain) that we have been told in three weeks.

This is a regulated bank telling us this ( according to the post above.) I am cautiously optimistic it may be possible to recover the funds thus resolving any disputed amounts.

There are inconsistencies as to the month, September or October.
Whether there was an error in the date either posted or given, that I do not know. I would look toward a date published by the Bank.

This is a traded public stock bank, albeit small and on a Caribbean island. Banks do not allow their employees to make statements of this nature, especially concerning the status of any customer (i.e., ePassporte,) without prior management approval and in some cases, with the consent of their legal department.

This trading chart appeared and the disappeared in the past few weeks SKNB:EK and there was a highly suspicious spike in activity in August ...

By no means is any of the above a guarantee — we don't know the real cause behind this and why this happened. This is a calculated risk. If the real date of resolution or some real progress is shortly forthcoming (September 30th) fine. If we are being played again — as the bank is taking responsibility for the funds there may be some real legal recourse that would be effective.