Thanks, guys. You seem to have done more in hours what davout claims to have taken him a couple days, and he's running an exchange. That's a scary thought.

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for davout to the independent auditor outta his ass.

They were purchased anonymously at a restaurant halfway between Sandwich, IL, and Chicago, in Naperville, IL, about the second week of December, 2012. Taxing my memory, the total was 1,132 + x(single digit).xxx... and immediately put in a freshly created InstaWallet bitcoin wallet.

A couple/three days later I split the three accounts up into 1,000, 132, and x.xxx... wallets, always using InstaWallet while in my possession. Hope that helps with your plans.

BlockStore store = new BlockStore("E:\\Bitcoin\\blocks", Network.Main);
IndexedBlockStore index = new IndexedBlockStore(new SQLiteNoSqlRepository("PlayIndex"), store);
Money target = Money.Parse("1132");
Money margin = Money.Parse("10");
BitcoinAddress dest = new BitcoinAddress("1FrtkNXastDoMAaorowys27AKQERxgmZjY", Network.Main);
var en = new CultureInfo("en-US");

FileStream fs = File.Open("logs", FileMode.Create);
var writer = new StreamWriter(fs);
writer.WriteLine("time,height,txid,value");

var lines = from header in blocks
         let block = index.Get(header.HashBlock)
         from tx in block.Transactions
         from txout in tx.Outputs
         where txout.ScriptPubKey.GetDestination() == dest.ID
         where target - margin < txout.Value && txout.Value < target + margin
         select new
         {
            Block = block,
            Height = header.Height,
            Transaction = tx,
            TxOut = txout
         };
foreach(var line in lines)
{
   writer.WriteLine(
      line.Block.Header.BlockTime.ToString(en) + "," +
      line.Height + "," +
      line.Transaction.GetHash() + "," +
      line.TxOut.Value.ToString());
}
writer.Flush();

Well. I've used a trick. I've got a blockchain loaded in a neo4j db (which has a sql-like language called cypher).

It seems to be the cold wallet used by Instawallet but i didn't find anything which looked like a direct tx to this address with the given amount.

I have Windows 8 now, but the old laptop was Vista, if that's what you're asking. The address was scanned via QR-code either from InstaWallet's page, where it was created, or from blockchain.info, even though there was nothing in it at the time.

I had a laptop and he had a smartphone (don't believe it was one of those tablet thingies). What do you mean by client?

They were purchased anonymously at a restaurant halfway between Sandwich, IL, and Chicago, in Naperville, IL, about the second week of December, 2012. Taxing my memory, the total was 1,132 + x(single digit).xxx... and immediately put in a freshly created InstaWallet bitcoin wallet. A couple/three days later I split the three accounts up into 1,000, 132, and x.xxx... wallets, always using InstaWallet while in my possession. Hope that helps with your plans.

I tried the honey approach twice, now I love the taste of vinegar and salt.

All I have is what InstaWallet gave back to me once it came back online. That is all.

Nice bounty....I'm fairly new to this forum but read quite a bit about your quest to get your BTC back. Hopefully this will help.

Do not settle for anything less than owed! Renege publicly right now and use the scenario above. All BTC not a single fucking satoshshi less. They are enjoying the value of your BTC. Personally, I would not wait. I would sue the them and go for max value in US dollars because you would have sold them at their peak, being the savvy investor that you are (hint hint). Use a US Court because they are notorious for awarding high damages. Your pain and suffering is worth BTC.

SOB! I didn't think of that, that he may use this thread now to his advantage, and still come out like a motherfuckin' bandit. Fuck me royal! The only thing I can say about this revelation is that he best have an anonymous pseudo-liaison (or is it pseudo-anonymous liaison?) person in place, otherwise I will get really pissed.

Only speculating here : one plausible explanation is that Aqoba/Crédit Mutuel has been scared to death after the hack that :
- it was somehow easy to steal a substantial amount of bitcoin,
- there was nothing that could be done to recover them.

Scared. To. Death.

Only possible issue was to fully stop the partnership, which has be done very professionally in my opinion (I was a Bitcoin-Central customer and I fully recovered everything).

Then they had to start a new partnership, with a smaller/less fearful company (not really a bank, only a "payment service provider"). And completely redesign the exchange by removing even the presence of a "hot wallet".