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Case studies

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Every case below is real. Names and identifying details have been changed at clients' request, but the recovery figures, timelines, and methods are unchanged.

Crypto recovery
91% recovered

The Singapore DAO drain

A DAO multisig was drained through a malicious EIP-712 signature solicited via a fake governance proposal. We traced the funds through Tornado Cash deposits, identified the deobfuscated egress to two major CEXes, and coordinated emergency freezes via Singapore High Court Mareva injunctions.

"The exchange-side freeze was filed 41 hours after first call. From that moment, the funds were not going anywhere."
Jurisdiction
Singapore
Duration
11 weeks
Amount lost
1,840 ETH (~$4.2M)
Amount recovered
1,680 ETH
Romance & pig-butchering
80% recovered

Eight-month pig-butchering case

A recently widowed client was groomed for eight months on a dating app, then introduced to a fake gold-futures platform. We attributed the platform to a syndicate operating out of a compound in Sihanoukville. Funds were traced to a TRON USDT wallet that consolidated into a Binance OTC desk.

"The 'broker' was not a person — it was a shift roster. Once we documented that, the chargeback and exchange freezing followed in days."
Jurisdiction
Canada
Duration
19 weeks
Amount lost
$412,000 USDT
Amount recovered
$331,000
Investment fraud
70% recovered

The fake FX broker class action

An unlicensed forex platform marketed through Instagram influencers was attributed to a Cypriot shell with Vanuatu correspondent banking. We pooled 217 victims into a coordinated action, secured an FCA enforcement referral, and obtained a worldwide freezing order against directors' personal assets.

"Individual claims were going nowhere. Pooled, the disclosure routes opened and the directors settled within ten weeks of the freezing order."
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom · Cyprus · Vanuatu
Duration
27 weeks
Amount lost
£8.4M (217 victims)
Amount recovered
£5.9M
Crypto recovery
100% recovered

Stolen wallet via fake support

Client's hot wallet was drained after entering a seed phrase into a fake Trezor support portal. We traced the funds through three hops (one bridge, two mixers) to Binance, where compliance froze the destination wallet within 36 hours. Full repatriation in 11 weeks.

"Local police told the client there was nothing they could do. Eleven weeks later, every dollar was back in their account."
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Duration
11 weeks
Amount lost
$96,400 in mixed assets
Amount recovered
$96,400
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