§ 01The brief
The client came to me after the 'law firm' asked for another fee. He had already paid it $210,000 on top of the original $1,700,000 loss.
§ 02What I did
- 1.
Traced both sets of payments and found they ended up in the same consolidation wallets, proving the 'law firm' was part of the original scam.
- 2.
Found $340,000 at two exchanges that respond to law-enforcement requests.
- 3.
Filed reports with the UK fraud reporting service and CCS, with the joint tracing report attached.
§ 03The outcome
The two exchanges froze $340,000. The rest of the funds were not recoverable.