United Options, Amanda, George, Matthew Melvin Scam, Scam, Scam Internet

Opened account with United Options in February 2014 and between February and March 2014 was pressured into depositing a total of $3,500. In April 2014 I accepted a bonus but was ignorant of the fact that I was required to trade a certain volume. Requested a withdrawal but was denied.

Continued to trade using signals from United Options but signals were so poor, I stopped trading for months at a time. During 2015 I traded only occasionally. All e-mails and phone calls to United Options went unanswered but the platform was still working.

In February 2016 I noticed a UK phone number on the website that had not been there previously and was able to reach a man by telephone who advised that the platform had not been working for a year - clearly a lie, and that a new company had recently purchased United Options. Was told that the new owners owed me nothing but that I could still use the platform to place trades. My account with United Options is still open and I have recently started trading regularly but I want to make a withdrawal and they will not honour the fact that I had deposited $3,500 of real money. The website is exactly the same as it was in 2014 and I presently have $4,000 in my account.

If in fact the company was sold, who is responsible for return of my funds?