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The method

How recovery actually works

Fund recovery is not a single action. It is a sequence — establish the facts, find the money, build a file that stands up, apply pressure through the correct channel, and keep pressing. This page sets out that sequence in full, including the parts most firms leave out.

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24h
Target first response, business hours
3–5 days
Typical assessment turnaround
27
European jurisdictions covered
13+
Authority channels coordinated

Six stages, one continuous file

Every matter moves through the same six stages. Stages overlap — tracing continues while filings go out, and pressure continues while civil options are assessed — but nothing is skipped, and the case position is put in writing at the end of each stage.

01

Stage 01 · Day 0 – Day 1

Intake and triage

Establishing what happened, what was moved, and whether there is a route worth taking — before anyone commits to anything.

A case officer reads the submission in full and reconstructs a first timeline: how contact was made, what was transferred, through which rails, and when. The platform or entity named is checked against our case history and against public registers and warning lists. Triage answers one question honestly — is there a realistic route here?

Written case assessment — free, no obligation.

Stage 01

  • Loss timeline reconstructed from the account of events and any documents provided.
  • Payment method identified: SEPA/SWIFT transfer, card, e-money wallet, or crypto.
  • Named platform checked against 21,000+ prior matters and public regulator warning lists.
  • Time-critical routes flagged immediately — recalls and freezes are hour-sensitive.
  • A written assessment sets out what is traceable, which jurisdictions apply, and the realistic options.
02

Stage 02 · Day 1 – Day 14

Forensic tracing

Following the money from the point it left to the point it can still be reached.

Tracing is the stage that determines everything downstream. A claim has force only when it can point at a destination — a named institution, an account, an exchange deposit address. We rebuild the path across whichever rails were used, and we keep going until the funds either reach a regulated point of contact or the trail is genuinely exhausted.

Tracing report identifying the reachable destination of funds, where one exists.

Stage 02

  • Blockchain transaction-graph analysis across major chains, through hop chains, bridges and mixing services.
  • Identification of the exchange or regulated service where funds entered or left the chain.
  • Payment-rail reconstruction from statements, confirmations and reference data to name the receiving institution.
  • Beneficiary and corporate-shell mapping through registries, domain records and processor fingerprints.
  • Cluster analysis against other matters sharing the same wallets, entities or infrastructure.
03

Stage 03 · Day 3 – Day 21

Evidence file

Building a file that a bank, a regulator or a court can act on without having to fill in gaps.

Most reports fail because they are a story, not a file. We assemble a structured evidence bundle: a chronology tied to documents, transaction schedules, the tracing analysis, entity findings, and preserved copies of the site or app as it appeared. Everything is indexed, exhibited and translated into the language of the receiving jurisdiction.

Exhibit-referenced evidence bundle, ready for simultaneous filing.

Stage 03

  • Indexed chronology with every asserted fact tied to a document or record.
  • Transaction schedule reconciled to bank statements, confirmations and on-chain records.
  • Web and app evidence preserved: archived pages, terms, communications and marketing claims.
  • Corporate and licensing position of the operator established, including any false regulatory claims.
  • Certified translation into the official language of each receiving jurisdiction.
04

Stage 04 · Day 5 – Day 30

Authority coordination and formal notices

Filing in the right place, in the right language, and then chasing it.

The evidence file goes out on several channels at once, because different channels move at different speeds and unlock different things. A criminal complaint can support a freeze. A regulatory complaint can pressure a licensed intermediary. A formal notice to a receiving institution puts it on notice of the fraud and of its own obligations. Each is tracked to a reference number.

Filing schedule with authority references and a live tracking log.

Stage 04

  • Criminal complaints filed with the competent national cybercrime or economic-crime unit.
  • Regulatory complaints to the financial supervisor licensing any intermediary involved.
  • Suspicious-activity notifications routed to the relevant Financial Intelligence Unit.
  • Formal notice and freeze requests to receiving banks, payment institutions and exchanges.
  • Where funds crossed several states, parallel filings coordinated so the case is not read in isolation.
  • Every filing tracked to acknowledgement and reference, and escalated when responses stall.
05

Stage 05 · Week 3 onwards

Recovery action

Converting a traced, evidenced, filed case into an actual return of funds.

Recovery routes are pursued in order of cost and likelihood, not in order of drama. Interbank recall and indemnity claims and card-scheme chargebacks come first where they apply. Exchange compliance escalation follows where funds reached a regulated venue. Civil process — disclosure orders, freezing relief, direct claims against identified beneficiaries — is used where the value and evidence justify it.

Active recovery actions, each with a named counterparty and a tracked deadline.

Stage 05

  • Interbank recall and indemnity claims against receiving institutions.
  • Card scheme chargeback and dispute routes where card rails were used and time limits allow.
  • Compliance escalation with exchanges and payment institutions holding traced funds.
  • Civil claims, disclosure applications and freezing relief where value and evidence justify the cost.
  • Group coordination where multiple people share the same operator, which raises leverage materially.
  • Negotiated resolution where a solvent, identified counterparty prefers settlement to proceedings.
06

Stage 06 · Ongoing

Resolution, reporting and closure

Getting recovered funds back to where they belong — and being straight when the answer is no.

Where funds are recovered, they are returned through regulated channels with a full accounting. Where a route is exhausted, the case is not simply dropped: matters are kept under review, because seizures, insolvencies, class actions and law-enforcement distributions frequently surface months or years later and can reopen a file that looked closed.

Closing report, reconciliation and — where applicable — continued monitoring.

Stage 06

  • Recovered funds returned through regulated banking channels with a written reconciliation.
  • Full case report covering what was traced, what was filed, what worked and what did not.
  • Dormant monitoring for later seizures, insolvency distributions and multi-victim compensation schemes.
  • Referral to national victim-support and compensation schemes where these exist.
  • A candid closing assessment where recovery is not achievable — with the reasons stated.

Preparation

What to gather before the first call

None of this is required to request a free review — send what exists and we will work from there. But cases where this material is available move considerably faster, and speed is the variable that matters most.

Payment records

  • Bank statements covering every outbound transfer, showing beneficiary name, IBAN/account and reference.
  • SWIFT/SEPA confirmations or payment receipts if the bank issued them.
  • Card statements showing merchant descriptor, date and amount.
  • Crypto transaction hashes, sending wallet addresses and destination addresses.
  • Any exchange withdrawal confirmations, including the receiving address.

The platform or counterparty

  • The exact website address, app name or company name used.
  • Screenshots of the account dashboard, balance and any displayed profits.
  • Copies of terms, contracts, invoices or licence claims that were shown.
  • Any registration, licence or company number that was quoted.

Communications

  • Full message history: email, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS, social media, dating apps.
  • Names, phone numbers, email addresses and profile links used by the other side.
  • Call logs and any recordings, where lawfully made.
  • Remote-access software that was installed, if any.

Anything already done

  • Any police report already filed, with its reference number.
  • Any complaint to a bank, card issuer or regulator, with reference and response.
  • Any contact from parties offering to recover the funds — these are frequently follow-up fraud.
Send only what is already in your possession. We never ask for banking passwords, one-time passcodes, card PINs, seed phrases or remote access to a device — and no legitimate firm ever will.

The honest part

What we cannot do, stated plainly

Any firm that promises recovery is either mistaken or not being straight. These are the real limits of this work.

We cannot guarantee recovery

No firm can. Whether funds come back depends on how fast the loss was reported, whether the money is still traceable, which jurisdictions are involved, and whether banks, exchanges and authorities cooperate. Several of those are outside anyone’s control.

We cannot recover what has been dissipated

Where funds have been withdrawn as cash, laid off through untraceable channels, or spent by a counterparty with no assets, there may be nothing left to reach. Tracing establishes this honestly rather than billing to find out.

We cannot compel a foreign authority

We can file correctly, escalate and follow up. We cannot force a prosecutor to open a case or a court in another state to grant relief on our timetable.

We cannot make an insolvent operator solvent

Where the operator has collapsed, recovery moves to insolvency and distribution processes. Those run on their own timescale and rarely return the full loss.

We will not take a case we do not believe in

If the assessment shows no realistic route, we say so and close the file. Taking on hopeless matters would make the free assessment meaningless.

Costs

How costs work

The initial case review is free and carries no obligation. If we can act, the scope of work and any costs are set out in writing before anything is agreed, so there is never an unexpected invoice. You are never asked to transfer money to a private wallet or a personal account, and you are never asked to pay a third party in order to release a recovery.

  • The case review and written assessment cost nothing.
  • Any engagement, its scope and its costs are confirmed in writing before work begins.
  • No payment is ever requested to a personal account or private crypto wallet.
  • Recovered funds are returned through regulated banking channels, with a written reconciliation.

Start with the assessment.

It costs nothing, commits you to nothing, and ends with a written view of whether this case is worth pursuing.

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