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Written and reviewed by the cftrace Recovery deskTRACE AI INVESTIGATIONS LTD · company no. 16828440Last reviewed 17 August 2026
Fake trading platform
£340,000
recovered

Cloned trading desk, three exchange hops

The client believed they were funding a managed trading account with a firm that had cloned the branding of a real brokerage. Deposits were made in five tranches over eleven weeks. When a withdrawal was requested, the desk demanded a 'release fee' — the point at which the client contacted us.

Singapore 23 daysRead the file
Investment scam, off-ramp at exchange
14.2 BTC
frozen, then released

14.2 BTC frozen at the receiving venue in 48 hours

The client transferred a single large amount after months of grooming through a messaging app. The receiving address was a hosted wallet, which meant the venue — not the fraudster — controlled the balance.

Exchange compliance pathway 48 hours to freezeRead the file
Romance / relationship fraud
78%
of losses returned

Bank disclosure order identified the account holder

Payments began as small bank transfers and escalated into crypto purchases made by the client on the fraudster's instructions. Part of the funds had already been withdrawn to private wallets and were unrecoverable; the remainder sat in a domestic account.

United Kingdom 9 weeksRead the file
Business email compromise
$1.2M
frozen across 3 countries

Same-day freezing requests across three countries

A supplier payment was diverted after an email thread was intercepted and the payment instructions altered. The wire was split across three corporate accounts within hours of arrival.

United States · UAE · Cyprus 6 weeksRead the file

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