Palladium AI wiped my $4,600 balance and demanded an external processing fee

My Palladium AI account was wiped out on September 15, leaving about $4,600 inaccessible. Support then claimed my country was no longer supported because operations were now limited to Europe.

I was told that an external processing fee had to be paid to clear the account lock and withdraw the balance. The explanation did not make sense to me: the platform said internal deductions were disabled, yet it wanted a separate external payment rather than deducting a legitimate fee from the account balance.

Do not send an external fee to Palladium AI to unlock a balance. I believe the regional-access explanation was used to freeze the account and request more money after the funds were already unavailable.