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Romance / relationship fraud

Bank disclosure order identified the account holder

of losses returned
78%
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Time to outcome
9 weeks
Written and reviewed by the cftrace Recovery deskTRACE AI INVESTIGATIONS LTD · company no. 16828440Last reviewed 17 August 2026

What happened

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 Part of the funds had already been withdrawn to private wallets and were unrecoverable; the remainder sat in a domestic account.

Route the funds took
Bank transfer → crypto purchase → withdrawal to private wallet

How it ran, step by step

  1. Week 1

    Bank statements and message logs reconstructed into a single payment chronology.

  2. Week 2

    Trace showed a split: private-wallet withdrawals (written off) and a domestic account balance (actionable).

  3. Week 3

    Instructing solicitors applied for a disclosure order against the receiving bank.

  4. Week 6

    Account holder identified; funds preserved.

  5. Week 9

    Settlement returned 78% of the total loss.

What the client paid

No upfront fee. Legal disbursements were quoted in writing before the application and agreed by the client in advance.

How the deposit works
What this case teaches

We told this client on day one that a portion was gone. Partial recovery, honestly framed, beats a promise nobody can keep.

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