Blockchain evidence is a starting point.
A public blockchain may record movement between wallet addresses, but it does not necessarily identify the person controlling a wallet or establish a legal right to recover an asset. A legal strategy must connect technical transaction evidence to identifiable parties, exchanges, service providers and relevant jurisdictions.
Useful material can include transaction hashes, wallet addresses, exchange account correspondence, identity-verification records, payment confirmations, messages and the chronology of how the transfer was induced.
Types of cryptocurrency fraud enquiries
- Fake investment platforms and manipulated account balances.
- Impersonation of exchanges, advisers or customer-support teams.
- Fraudulent wallet, token or staking propositions.
- Account takeover, social engineering and unauthorised transfers.
- Digital assets transferred through multiple wallets or services.
- Disputes involving exchanges, intermediaries and cross-border evidence.
Tracing and recovery are different tasks
Blockchain analysis may help establish a route, cluster related activity or identify contact with a centralised service. Recovery may still depend on disclosure, identification, legal responsibility, jurisdiction, asset availability and enforceable orders. The cost and proportionality of each proposed step should be considered before it is taken.
Exchange correspondence and urgent steps
Preserve complete correspondence and reference numbers. Where appropriate, a matter may require prompt notification to a bank, card provider, exchange, law-enforcement body or insurer. Whether any court application or information request is available depends on the facts and applicable procedural rules.
International coordination
A victim, exchange, wallet service, suspected wrongdoer and asset may each be connected to a different country. SLM Law Limited assesses the available connections and coordinates with appropriately qualified local lawyers where local proceedings or rules require them.
No lawyer can guarantee recovery. The purpose of the initial review is to identify evidence, urgency, legal routes, cost considerations and realistic limitations.