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Crypto Fraud Investigations and Asset Tracing

When digital assets are stolen or misappropriated, the first days decide what can still be frozen. We trace the funds and act on what we find.

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Funds taken in a theft, a fraud or a dispute rarely disappear. They move through chains of addresses until they reach an exchange, a stablecoin issuer or a payment service — intermediaries that know their customers and can freeze assets.

We reconstruct every movement, identify those exit points and check balances and freeze status. Then we prepare and send the requests to each intermediary, with the evidence it needs to act, and support your lawyer in the criminal complaint.

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Victim's wallet
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Intermediate addresses
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Exit point
Freeze

Who it is for

Companies and individuals who suffered a theft, phishing attack or unauthorised transfer
Victims of investment fraud, fake OTC deals and romance or pig-butchering scams
Lawyers who need the flow of funds reconstructed for a complaint or a civil claim
Parties to disputes between partners, in divorces or in inheritances involving digital assets
Liquidators and administrators looking for assets of an insolvent company

What you receive

Reconstruction of the flows, with every movement and address catalogued in annexes
Identification of the exit points at exchanges, issuers and payment services, with residual balances and freeze status
Freeze and information requests to Tether, Circle, exchanges and other intermediaries, with reminders
Reconciliation with third-party reports and correction of untraced branches
Monitoring of the addresses still holding funds, and written updates when they move

How it works

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    Urgent assessment

    Send us the transaction hashes and addresses. Within hours we tell you where the funds are and whether something can still be frozen.

  2. 02

    Tracing

    We follow every branch, identify the intermediaries involved and document each step in a report.

  3. 03

    Requests

    We send freeze and identification requests to each intermediary through the right channel and follow up on the answers.

  4. 04

    Proceedings

    We work with your lawyer on the criminal complaint and keep the report up to date as the funds move.

Frequently asked questions

Can stolen crypto be recovered?

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Sometimes. It depends on where the funds go. Stablecoin issuers such as Tether and Circle can freeze tokens on an address, and exchanges can freeze accounts and identify their holders, usually at the request of an authority. Recovery is never guaranteed: anyone who promises it in advance should be treated with caution.

What should I do right after a theft?

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Move any remaining assets to a new, safe wallet; write down the transaction hashes and the addresses involved; do not negotiate with whoever took the funds; contact us and a lawyer, and file a police complaint. Speed matters: funds can move within hours.

Can Tether freeze stolen USDT?

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Yes, Tether can block USDT held on a specific address, and Circle can do the same for USDC. They act on well-documented requests, often from law enforcement. Our requests contain the address, transaction hash, amount, time and the relevant part of the report.

Do you work with lawyers and the police?

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Yes. Our reports are written to be attached to criminal complaints, and we coordinate with the victims' counsel and, through them, with the investigating authorities.

Which blockchains do you cover?

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Bitcoin, Ethereum and the other major networks, and the main stablecoins such as USDT and USDC. When funds cross from one blockchain to another, we follow them across.

Data provider

We rely on BlockchainAnalysis.io as our provider for the analysis of on-chain and off-chain data. BlockchainAnalysis.io →

Tell us about your situation

Send us the addresses involved and a short description. We reply with a first assessment, a fixed fee or an estimate, and a delivery date.

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