Service
Crypto Transaction Tracing Report
When cryptocurrency is sent to a fraudster, the transactions themselves are usually recorded on a public blockchain. Tracing follows that public record: the path your funds took, address clusters where the data supports them, and deposit points at exchanges where those are visible.
A tracing report does not move money and cannot identify a wallet owner by itself. Its value is as documentation — a clear, sourced account of the on-chain facts that you can attach to a police report, a bank dispute, or a submission to an exchange's fraud team.
What you receive
- A written report mapping the transaction path from your wallet or the address you paid
- Address-clustering analysis where the public data reasonably supports it, with the reasoning shown
- Identification of visible exchange or service deposit points along the path, where present
- A methodology section explaining what was examined, the tools used, and the limits of each finding
- A summary formatted so it can accompany submissions to your bank, the police, or an exchange
Who it is for
- People who sent cryptocurrency to an investment, romance, or impersonation scam
- Victims who need on-chain documentation to support a police report or regulator complaint
- Individuals preparing a fraud notification to an exchange where their funds appear to have landed
- Lawyers or advisers who want an organised account of the on-chain facts in a client's case
Process
How this service works
Free initial assessment
We review your transaction details and the addresses involved to judge whether tracing can realistically add anything in your case. If it cannot, we tell you so at no cost.
Written scope and quote
If tracing looks worthwhile, we set out in writing exactly what will be examined and the fixed fee. We never charge a percentage of any amount you hope to recover.
Analysis of the public record
An analyst follows the transaction path across the relevant blockchains, documents clusters and exchange deposit points where the data supports them, and records the basis for every finding.
Report delivery and walkthrough
You receive the report with a plain-language summary, and we explain which findings may be useful to which channel — bank, police, regulator, or exchange — and how to submit them.
Honest limitations
- Blockchain transactions are irreversible. No report, and no service of any kind, can undo or claw back a confirmed transaction.
- Public blockchain data alone rarely reveals who controls an address. Linking an address to a person generally requires records that only exchanges hold, and exchanges release those to law enforcement, not to individuals or private firms.
- A tracing report is documentation to support your reports to banks, police, and exchanges. It does not guarantee that any of those bodies will act, or that funds will be returned.
In Canada
Where to report and complain in Canada
The official routes for someone who lives in Canada. Report quickly, and keep the file numbers you are given — every one of these bodies works from the evidence you hold.
Your local police
Report the fraud to your local police service — or to the RCMP where it polices your area — and ask for a file or occurrence number. Banks and exchanges often ask for it, and it belongs at the front of your evidence.
Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
Report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre as well, online or by telephone on 1-888-495-8501. The CAFC asks for reports even from people who have already gone to the police, and from witnesses as well as victims, because it is how patterns across Canada are found.
Your bank or card issuer — straight away
Use the number on the back of your card or on your bank's own website, never one given to you by the person or site involved. Ask the bank to stop further payments and to try to recall or dispute the money, and make a formal complaint. Note the date you complained: it starts the clock for the next step.
If your bank says no: OBSI
The Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments is the free, independent complaints body that every federally regulated bank in Canada must belong to. You can take your complaint to OBSI once 56 days have passed since you first complained to the bank, or sooner if the bank has already given you its final response. Once you have that final response in writing, you have 180 calendar days. Credit unions and caisses populaires are regulated by their province and have their own routes — ask yours which applies.
Investment, trading, and crypto platforms
Check whether a firm or a crypto trading platform is registered with Canadian securities regulators using the National Registration Search, and report one that is not — or that took your money — to your provincial or territorial securities regulator. Unregistered platforms may lack the protections registered ones must offer. OBSI also handles complaints about many registered investment firms.
General information from each body's published guidance, not advice on Canadian law. Confirm deadlines with the body concerned.
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