Short answer: right now, nobody I know has actually gotten their money out of cbex, even with the balances showing up again. It's mostly just numbers on a screen with nothing behind them. A couple of my friends who invested said their balances suddenly came back, but when they tried to cash out, cbex asked for these "verification fees"—like $100 or $200—before letting them touch their money. No one I trust has seen a dime after paying that fee.

Honestly, looks like classic scam tactics to me. They dangle the money to get people to pay even more, hoping to recover losses. The EFCC and SEC warned about exactly this stuff. Even the news says some investors are happy about their balances but can't actually take anything out. My opinion? If cbex burned you once, don't risk letting them do it again. All these fees just seem like more ways for them to take your cash without ever letting you withdraw. It's super frustrating, I know, but it’s better to just accept the loss than keep feeding the scam.