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What makes you think the bank account's details you have that the (presumably) stolen funds were sent to are those of the actual criminal? It could very easily (and extremely likely) be an account opened under a stolen identity.

I'm afraid it's likely you're going to have to put this one down to experience... You haven't gone into specifics, but your side project sounds like a money-launderer's dream.

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>What makes you think the bank account's details you have that the (presumably) stolen funds were sent to are those of the actual criminal? //

Did he say that? I thought he was just saying as he had the account number then the bank could easily stop that money; the implication being that someone trying to retrieve the money could be traced.

Maybe you're right (that that is what he meant)... but all it takes is the criminal to withdraw cash (or have someone do it for him) and that money is long gone.

I was more getting at the fact that the money is probably not retrievable.

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