I suppose a legit problem with using a VPN is that funds can get just frozen and there is no way to get them back without going through ID verification.
Have you seen swapspace.co? It routes the trade through CEXs. $10k could buy 39660 Hive atm. It says "low KYC risk"... never used it though
this happened to my buddy who copytrades my bitcoin swing trades
he legit used his USA phone number for 2FA
But they unlocked his account for 24 hours so he could just leave.
So I've yet to encounter this problem.
I was able to leave Binance in a similar way.
And Mandala.