Pyramid & Ponzi scheme
£1.4M recovered
A cloud-mining scheme paid returns from new deposits until it stopped withdrawals.
- Client
- Australian investor syndicate
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Case duration
- 7 months
- Lead agent
- Mei-Lin Zhou
Full client summary
We proved the absence of any mining capacity, traced deposits to a single treasury wallet, and coordinated a claim on behalf of nineteen investors with the exchange that processed the cash-outs.
Case timeline
- 1
Intake & evidence
Nineteen investor statements consolidated and verified.
- 2
Tracing
All deposits traced to one treasury wallet and one exchange.
- 3
Freeze & claim
Group claim and asset preservation request filed.
- 4
Recovery
Pro-rata distribution paid to the syndicate.
Outcome
£1.4M recovered
Amount involved: £1.4M · Closed in 7 months · 2024
Verification & compliance
Standards our case work is held to
AML / KYC compliant
Anti-money-laundering procedures on every file
GDPR data handling
EU-standard confidentiality and data protection
ISO 27001 aligned
Information-security controls for case evidence
Certified fraud examiners
Accredited investigators leading each case
Registered in Austria
Vienna-based office, established 2021
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