How stolen crypto is traced and recovered: twelve patterns from our case files
Twelve real Cryptohud cases: what happened, how we traced the money, and how much actually came back.
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How crypto scams work, how funds get traced, and what actually gets money back — from the Cryptohud team.
Defrauded twice: the “recovery agent” who was the second scam
Defrauded twice — the “recovery agent” turned out to be the second scam.
A withdrawal that was always “processing”, and the fees that ate it
Small withdrawals worked perfectly. The big one never did.
A Telegram “signal group” that turned $31,500 into an exit for someone else
A “signal group” that quietly made its members the exit liquidity.
A “bonus” that quietly locked CAD 41,000 in place
A deposit “bonus” with impossible withdrawal conditions buried in the terms.
A $48,000 CFD account that asked for one more payment to release the funds
A withdrawal “fee” that only grew — traced and largely recovered.
A months-long relationship, an “investment app”, and $164,000
Months of trust engineered before a single dollar ever moved.
A “forex club” that paid referrals until the day it didn’t
A referral “club” that paid out until new members stopped arriving.
£73,200 frozen behind an “account verification” that never ended
A cloned licence badge and an account-verification loop with no end.
A boiler-room desk, four cards, and £54,300 in binary options
A boiler-room desk and multi-card funding designed to slow the disputes.