Service

Investment fraud

Fraudulent trading platforms are the most common matter we handle. The work involves establishing who operates the platform, where deposits were directed, and which route (criminal referral, civil action or intervention at exchange level) merits pursuit.

Open a caseAssessment within five business days, full report in two to three weeks

What the work involves

01
Establish whether the platform was ever connected to a real market, or was a database displaying numbers.
02
Trace deposits from your wallet to their consolidation and layering points.
03
Map the operating infrastructure: domain history, hosting, TLS certificates, app signing certificates and payment processors.
04
Identify infrastructure reuse across other platforms, which is usually how a single operation becomes visible as a group.
05
Assemble the evidence in a form a prosecutor or civil litigator can act on without redoing the work.

What this cannot do

If you are currently being asked to pay a fee, tax or deposit to release a balance, please speak to us before paying it. In every matter we have reviewed, that demand has formed part of the fraud rather than an obstacle to resolving it.

Typical matters

Fake trading, mining or staking platforms

Relationship-led investment fraud, often called pig butchering

Fraudulent token or presale offerings

Withdrawal blocked behind a demand for a fee, tax or deposit

Also relevant

Other services

Blockchain tracing

Establishing where funds travelled across addresses, bridges and exchanges, and where they came to rest.

Counterparty due diligence

Verifying a counterparty before funds are committed.

Extortion and harassment

Identifying the source, containing exposure and ending further payment.

Website and app forensics

Establishing who operates a site and what else they are associated with.