We investigate crypto crime and write down what we find
Chain Fraud Watch is an on-chain investigation practice. We work on thefts, on fraud operations, and on the laundering that moves the proceeds, for the victims and for the lawyers, insurers and investigators who need it established in a form that holds up.
The record is public and almost nobody reads it
Crypto crime leaves a complete record. Every hop a thief takes, every deposit a scam collects, every stage of a laundering chain is written down permanently and visible to anyone willing to follow it carefully.
What victims usually get instead is a police report nobody can action and a support ticket. Nobody establishes where the money went, who the operation belongs to, or how the proceeds were washed, so there is nothing for a lawyer, an insurer or an investigator to work from.
That is the gap we fill. We establish the path, name what the evidence supports, and hand over a document that survives scrutiny. We also say plainly when a trail has gone cold and further work is not worth paying for.
How we decide what goes in a report
Sourced or omitted
Every factual claim ties to a transaction hash, an address, or a timestamped capture. Inference is labelled as inference, with its confidence stated.
Restraint about people
Naming an operator is a decision with consequences for a real person. We name people only where charges are public; otherwise findings go to the client, the platform, or law enforcement.
Honest about limits
Some funds are gone. Some attribution never firms up beyond a cluster. We say so in writing rather than selling another phase of work.
Four roles, one case file
Case lead
Owns the case, decides what is worth pursuing, and is the person you actually speak to.
Tracing analyst
Builds the fund path and the address inventory, reconciles chain crossings, and works out the laundering stages.
OSINT analyst
Works the off-chain side: platform accounts, handles, promotion, captures, public filings.
Reporting
Turns the working papers into a document your counsel or an investigating officer can use.
What we commit to, in writing
Chain of custody
Evidence is captured with timestamps and hashes as we go, so its provenance is checkable later.
Data handling
Case material is held only as long as the matter needs it, and we tell you what we keep and where.
Conflict checks
We check for conflicts before accepting a case and disclose any adjacent work on the other side.
Stated scope
What we will do, what we will not, and what we cannot promise, agreed before work starts.
Tell us what happened and what you have
Recent cases are easier to follow, but older ones are still worth establishing. Either way we tell you what can and cannot be proved before you commit.