Perhaps we need to start approaching Portuguese lawyers who are prepared to act for depositors in a class action lawsuit.
I have no experience of Portuguese law and lawyers . Maybe others know a suitable law firm ?
How we select the lawyer and apportion costs to each of us for his time is more difficult .
Also there are many more victims of EPB than what appear here on this forum. How can we or any lawyer hired reach out to them ? Perhaps EPB customer services could help in emailing all customers about a proposed customer class action lawsuit - but somehow I doubt their cooperation given that it's run by the Receiver .
It would be interesting to hear what other people think about the way forward.
You do have a claim against some entity in Portugal if they are stopping you from receiving your money.
The money, as I understand it, left Puerto Rico and is stuck in Portugal.
Yes you could make a claim against OCIF but that would be on the grounds of illegally closing the bank. I don’t know how easy that would be to prove.
That would be effectively suing the
Puerto Rico government for $66m.
I wrote a few emails to OCIF Head Natalia - if she ever read them personally - she never wrote back.
No point in suing Receiver. He won't have $66m .
So I think the focus right now should be Portugal. That's where EPB has already hired a lawyer. But we have yet to hear of any progress from this lawyer.