Success Stories

Real recoveries. Real clients. Identifying details are anonymized to protect client privacy.

$250M+

Total recovered

89%

Average recovery rate

1,400+

Cases closed

32 days

Median resolution

Exchange HackUnited Kingdom

$2.4M

Bitcoin

94%

recovered

A London-based investment firm lost 31 BTC to a sophisticated SIM-swap attack targeting their CFO. CipherTraces traced the funds through four mixing layers to a UK-registered exchange, secured an emergency freeze order, and coordinated with the NCA for full recovery.

38 days
Funds returned to client wallet
Romance ScamUnited States

$318K

USDT

100%

recovered

A retired teacher was defrauded of $318,000 in Tether over eight months by an organized pig-butchering syndicate. On-chain analysis traced all funds to three Binance accounts. Binance compliance froze the accounts within 72 hours of our formal submission.

21 days
Full restitution achieved
DeFi ExploitGermany

$1.1M

ETH + USDC

81%

recovered

A DAO treasury was drained via a reentrancy vulnerability in their staking contract. We reverse-engineered the exploit, traced the attacker's wallet to a KYC'd account on a European exchange, and worked with BaFin and Europol to execute a coordinated freeze.

55 days
€900K recovered, attacker charged
RansomwareAustralia

$780K

Monero → BTC

67%

recovered

A Melbourne logistics company paid a $780K ransomware demand in Monero. Despite Monero's privacy features, our team identified a conversion point to Bitcoin and traced the laundered proceeds through a P2P marketplace to a US-based exchange, enabling a DOJ referral.

90 days
Partial recovery via civil action
Fake ExchangeCanada

$540K

Mixed

100%

recovered

A family of four was defrauded by a clone of a legitimate Canadian exchange. The fraudulent site siphoned deposits in real-time. CipherTraces identified the operator within 48 hours using OSINT and on-chain clustering, triggering a RCMP investigation and full freeze.

14 days
Funds frozen same week
NFT FraudSingapore

$210K

ETH

100%

recovered

A collector was deceived by a phishing site impersonating a major NFT marketplace. Wallet drainer scripts transferred 48 ETH before the victim noticed. We traced the drainer's consolidation wallet to an OKX account and secured a freeze within one business day.

9 days
Full recovery in under 2 weeks

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