Description

A year ago, I met James Minh Lam on Discord and started playing **League of Legends (LoL)**. I work as a booster in the game, and he would pay me to play for him and with him, as well as to teach him how to play. After a year of this working relationship, we began collaborating on other projects. One of them involved a type of crypto loan since he mentioned having trouble opening accounts on exchanges due to being American. The arrangement worked like this: whenever he needed to transfer money to one of his employees, he would request a certain amount from me for a set number of days and, in return, would pay me a small percentage as a fee for the short-term loan. Since we had built a trusting relationship, I had his full name and address, and I knew he lived in the U.S. I never thought he would attempt any kind of scam. Over six months, he consistently made payments without issue. However, three months ago—on **December 3, 2024**—the situation changed. He suddenly stopped responding to my messages and started acting as if he didn’t owe me anything. For the past three months, I’ve been calling, messaging, and emailing both him and his assistant. They responded a few times with reassuring messages, promising they would pay me back, but they never did.