CipherTraces was built by investigators, forensic analysts, and legal experts who believed victims of crypto crime deserved the same professional standard of recovery services available to victims of traditional financial fraud.
Crypto crime has industrialised. Scam operations run 24/7, exploit psychological vulnerabilities, and move funds across dozens of wallets within minutes of receipt. Victims are left with screenshots and grief.
We built CipherTraces to change that calculus. Using the same graph analytics tools developed for national-security applications, combined with direct relationships with every major exchange and law enforcement body, we give victims a genuine path to recovery.
Our leadership team includes former FBI analysts, Europol specialists, and forensic accountants with decades of experience tracing financial crime.
Every report we produce is structured for admissibility. We work in lock-step with legal teams to ensure evidence holds up in every jurisdiction.
We align our incentives with yours. A significant portion of our fee is contingent on successful recovery, ensuring we only pursue winnable cases.
Six principles that govern every case, every report, and every interaction with our clients.
Clients receive real-time updates on every development. We never obscure progress or timelines.
Every recovery method is court-admissible and jurisdiction-compliant. We do not operate in legal grey areas.
Case details are siloed, encrypted at rest, and never shared without explicit written consent.
The first 72 hours after an incident are critical. Our on-call team mobilises within hours, not weeks.
Active relationships with exchanges, regulators, and law enforcement across 60+ countries.
Every decision is evaluated through the lens of what best serves the victim's recovery outcome.
Former federal investigators, forensic scientists, and international legal experts, united by one objective.
Chief Executive Officer
Former FBI Financial Crimes analyst with 18 years tracking illicit funds across global financial networks. Led the team that froze $74M in laundered crypto in the 2021 DarkBridge operation.
Chief Forensics Officer
PhD in Cryptographic Systems from MIT. Pioneer in cross-chain analytics and zero-knowledge tracing. Published author of 12 peer-reviewed papers on blockchain intelligence.
Head of Legal Operations
Former partner at Sullivan & Cromwell's FinTech practice. Specialist in cross-border asset recovery, international court orders, and exchange cooperation agreements across 40+ jurisdictions.
VP of Intelligence
Ex-Europol cyber crime specialist. Built the open-source intelligence framework used by six EU member states. Expert in DeFi protocol exploitation patterns and darknet marketplace tracing.
Three ex-federal investigators incorporate CipherTraces to address a gap in professional crypto recovery services.
Successfully repatriated $12.4M for a European exchange following a hot wallet breach — the largest confirmed recovery at the time.
Collaborated with FBI, Europol, and four exchanges to freeze $74M linked to a ransomware syndicate operating across 18 countries.
Launched dedicated court evidence unit to produce chain-of-custody compliant forensic reports accepted in 15 jurisdictions.
Raised $28M led by Andreessen Horowitz to accelerate AI-assisted tracing and expand to APAC markets.
Crossed $250M in total confirmed client recoveries across 3,500+ cases on 40+ blockchains.
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