Casework that starts with the evidence.
Asset recovery tracing, blockchain forensics, fraud investigation and expert support — run as structured cases, documented so the findings survive review by somebody who was not in the room.
What investigation services does ChainwatchCrypto offer?
ChainwatchCrypto offers six investigation services: asset recovery tracing, fraud and scam investigation, blockchain forensics, transaction tracing, evidence and reporting, and expert investigative support. Each runs the same six-stage casework process and produces analysis stating its own methodology and limits. None can compel a third party or reverse a transaction.
Six ways we work a case.
Asset Recovery
Trace potentially stolen or fraudulently transferred assets to the point where intervention becomes possible.
Learn moreBlockchain Forensics
Reconstruct what happened on-chain to an evidential standard, with methodology stated.
Learn moreFraud Investigation
Investment fraud, romance fraud, business email compromise and impersonation, viewed through the money.
Learn moreTransaction Tracing
Follow value across addresses, bridges and services, hop by hop, with each step documented.
Learn moreEvidence and Reports
Structured investigative documentation built for review, not for reassurance.
Learn moreExpert Investigation Support
Support to legal teams, investigators and internal functions already running a matter.
Learn moreSix stages, in order.
You are told what stage your case is at, who owns it, and what happens next. No stage begins without the previous one closing.
Submit case
Transaction hash, address, chain, asset, approximate amount, date, incident type and any supporting evidence. Intake is confidential.
Initial triage
We assess whether blockchain analysis can produce anything useful for your situation. Sometimes it cannot, and we tell you so before you spend anything.
Case assessment
Preliminary findings, scope, complexity, the investigation this would require, and pricing where applicable. Nothing proceeds without your approval.
Investigation
Transaction tracing, clustering where supported, entity analysis, fund-flow analysis and exposure analysis.
Evidence report
Structured documentation separating fact, analytical interpretation and unverified information, with methodology and limitations stated.
Next steps
Customer action, legal counsel, exchange contact, law-enforcement referral, or continued monitoring — chosen against what the findings actually support.
The three things we say that our industry usually will not.
Sometimes the answer is no
If blockchain analysis cannot produce anything useful for your situation, triage says so and the case stops there. You are not charged for an investigation that could not have worked.
Tracing is not recovery
Identifying where funds went is a different thing from getting them back. The second depends on exchanges, courts and law enforcement — none of which we control.
We are not law enforcement
We hold no police powers, no seizure authority and no ability to freeze anything. Where a referral is the right step, we help you prepare it.
Blockchain tracing can identify transaction activity and potential intervention points. Recovery is not guaranteed. We do not hold law-enforcement authority, we cannot compel an exchange to act, and we cannot reverse a settled blockchain transaction.
Before you pay anyone, report the theft.
Reporting is free, it takes minutes, and it is the step most likely to matter. Do it before you engage us or any other investigator. A tracing report is far more useful to an exchange or a prosecutor when a formal complaint already exists to attach it to.
FBI IC3
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center. The primary US route for crypto theft and fraud. File here even if the amount feels small — IC3 aggregates reports, and clusters get investigated.
FTC ReportFraud
The Federal Trade Commission’s fraud reporting service. Covers scams, impersonation and investment fraud, and feeds a database used by law enforcement across the US.
CFTC
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The right route where the loss involves crypto derivatives, leveraged trading or a fraudulent trading platform.
SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission. Use this where the asset or scheme was presented as an investment, a token sale or a fund.
Your local police
File a report in your own jurisdiction and keep the reference number. Banks, exchanges and insurers frequently require it, and it is often the precondition for any formal request to a service.
Report to your national fraud or cybercrime body and to your local police. If a card or bank transfer was involved at any point, contact your bank immediately — that is the one channel where speed can still change the outcome.
Blockchain analysis establishes where funds went and whether an intervention point exists. Whether anything is recovered depends on where the funds landed, how quickly you acted, and whether a cooperating exchange or authority sits at the end of the path. Read exactly what we can and cannot do, and how to spot a recovery scam before you pay anybody.