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Case Files: Reading the Chain Line by Line
Real investigations from our casework. Each file follows one operator from our Scam Brokers directory — how the loss happened, how we traced it through the code, and exactly how much we recovered. The outcomes are mixed, because real ones are: some of these came back almost whole, others only in part.
New here · start with the field guideHow Stolen Crypto Is Traced: Eight Scam Patterns, Read From the Chain →AITech Wealth Management: the arbitrage vault that drained on deposit
A vault showed 1.8% daily returns for eleven weeks. On-chain, every deposit left the contract the same hour. We followed the bridge to a cash-out exchange.
Amadeus Markets: a SIM-swap account takeover caught inside 36 hours
“No Service” wasn’t a network outage — it was an attacker holding a phone number to bypass SMS 2FA. Speed turned a total loss into a mostly-recovered one.
Abyss World Asset: one malicious signature emptied an NFT wallet
She never typed a seed phrase — she clicked “Sign” on a fake claim page. A sweeper bot did the rest in 90 seconds. An honest, partial recovery.
Any Coin Capital: a presale where liquidity was “locked” for 7 days
The lock was real — for a week. The audit was a logo. We read the contract, found the rug transaction, and clawed back part of the pool.
305Markets: the exchange that froze every withdrawal behind a fee
The balance climbed on screen; withdrawals returned an error demanding a release “tax.” Splitting the card and crypto trails early recovered the larger half.
AHP Capital: the broker that borrowed a regulated firm’s licence
A real registration number, copied. The contact details — the one thing a clone can’t fake — gave us the trail. Bank recall plus an on-chain freeze.
Amari Capital: a romance that became a $164,000 staking trap
Five months of trust, then a blocked withdrawal. The funds were layered through dozens of hops. An honest account of a hard one to recover.
AssetImperial: the “recovery firm” that scammed a scam victim again
They knew exactly what he’d already lost — and charged upfront fees to “get it back.” We unwound the second fraud and named the rule that stops it.
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