i’m very sorry indeed to hear of your difficulty, which is actually a common one
usually for amounts of money small enough for people to decide to walk away from the problem, which is why crooked people get away with this
you already know this, and i mention it only to help others here, but the key word there is “seemingly” - the reality is that the brokerage was not ASIC-regulated and not FCA-regulated and not CFTC-regulated, it was regulated only in the Caribbean or whatever, so you are not protected by a real regulator
again, you already know this, and i mention it only to help others here, but the verification test was the wrong one: it didn’t check whether the firm was ASIC or FCA regulated
this is why its essential to send money only to brokerages who are regulated by ASIC or FCA or CFTC, knowing that your account is one regulated in that way
finding one is your lawyers’ job, not yours
the Kampala law firm needs to recruit a “correspondent law firm” in Nassau
if they can’t, then you need a different Kampala law firm who can
without this, you have nothing
suggestion: tell your lawyer to try via the Nassau Chamber of Commerce or even the Rotary Club of Nassau - neither has any legal duty to do so, but they may possibly be able to suggest a Nassau law firm who might take on a case on a contingent-fee or partly-contingent-fee basis
its all i can suggest
i’m sorry youre in such an awful situation, and i wish you very good luck with it
again, please excuse my comments above which are in no way intended as a criticism of you, im simply trying to stress to other, less experienced members here - of whom there are many - that they should NEVER send money to a brokerage not regulated by either the FCA or ASIC (or maybe CTFC if they’re in America)
a few of us here keep mentioning this, but sadly almost nobody takes any notice of us
i apologise for using your thread as an opportunity to get onto my soap-box and say it yet again, and i hope that possibly my suggestion above may prove worthwhile, but my gut feeling is honestly that it may not, im very sorry to say 