Field Dossiers · Chain Cartography

Case Studies

Every recovery begins as a map. These dossiers show how Cointiverse charts the flow of stolen crypto — from the first deposit to the final off-ramp — across the fraud patterns we investigate most. We publish the partial wins alongside the full ones, because honest maps beat flattering ones. Each case names the operator on file and links its entry in our Scam Brokers directory.

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CV-2024-0117 · CFD / Withdrawal Block

Freserves: the account that wouldn’t pay out

A Calgary engineer hit a 9% “clearance fee” wall the moment he tried to withdraw.

USDT$58,200 loss61% recovered
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CV-2023-0246 · Boiler Room

RedRock500: a cage built on phone calls

A Manchester retiree was called daily until her savings and cards were trapped.

Card → BTC£74,500 loss38% recovered
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CV-2025-0061 · Clone Firm

Tradize: the mirror-image brokerage

A Dublin saver paid a flawless clone by bank transfer — the cleanest map of all.

Bank → ETH€66,300 loss88% recovered
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CV-2024-0188 · Signal Group

Topic Markets: the signal-room net

A Cape Town trader was funnelled from a Telegram group onto one rigged broker.

BTC + alts$33,400 loss72% recovered
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CV-2025-0023 · Recovery Scam

Gloffix: the second hook

A Singapore retiree was re-targeted by a fake recovery unit — stopped within days.

USDT + vouchers$21,700 loss93% recovered
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CV-2024-0205 · AI Arbitrage Bot

UAGTrade: numbers that only went up

A Brisbane investor fed AUD 112,000 to a bot that claimed “no losing days.”

USDTAUD 112,000 loss80% recovered
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CV-2023-0142 · Cloud Mining

HashTrade: the mine that mined its customers

A Munich teacher was paid “rewards” from his own deposits until the fees piled up.

BTC€41,900 loss47% recovered
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CV-2024-0301 · Romance + Staking

DupFX: a relationship built to drain

A San Diego widow was guided by an online partner into fake “high-yield staking.”

USDT + ETH$129,000 loss54% recovered
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