With the UK regulator – the Financial Conduct Authority – clamping down on Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, this serves as a reminder to anyone looking to invest in cryptocurrency to check both the legal status of the investments (and their host platform) and, more broadly, to check what consumer protections are…
Crypto recovery
We have an unrivalled track record of recovering crypto assets collectively worth tens of millions of pounds for organisations, including institutional investors, neobanks and in-play betting companies that have fallen victim to fraud.
We provide a unique, all-in-one crypto recovery service
We cover the entire process from investigating and tracing the proceeds of fraud, through to complex legal recovery processes and enforcement.
We’re a team of cyber intelligence specialists, recovery agents, forensic accountants and expert lawyers, working with our proprietary technology all under one roof.
If you have purchased our Crypto Legal Expenses Insurance Policy, all your legal costs are covered up to £250,000 and you will keep all the assets that are successfully recovered.
If you’re not insured, we may still be able to help, as long as you’re able to fund the recovery process or can access after-the-event (ATE) and adverse costs insurance.
From insuring crypto asset investments before the event, right through to recovering crypto assets should the worst happen, we’re here to protect your crypto investments.
We have a 100% success rate, and recovered in the region of £5.000.000 worth of crypto assets last year alone.
The process
1 Initial investigations
Once you’ve instructed us, we’ll kick off right away. Using proprietary methodologies and investigative technologies, we’ll start by trying to locate the stolen assets, establish whether fraud has taken place, and ascertain whether the funds are recoverable. We’ll then carry out an initial legal review into the prospects of success in recovering the assets.
If you’re not insured, we’re often able to offer a fixed fee for this initial work, with no obligation for you to continue to engage us.
2 Disclosure
If we’re both still happy to continue pursuing the case, we’ll enter into a damages-based agreement (DBA) with you, usually on a 30% recovery basis (this is far lower than market standard). We would then usually seek to obtain disclosure orders and freezing injunctions against the exchanges that facilitated the relevant transaction(s), which helps us to more precisely locate – and subsequently protect – the stolen crypto assets.
3 Legal proceedings
Next, we’ll commence legal proceedings against the fraudsters, which is possible even if they cannot be specifically identified. If the fraudsters fail to respond, judgment will usually be given in your favour (this is often a straightforward procedural step).
4 Enforcement
Once the funds have been located, we’ve proven fraud, frozen the assets and obtained judgment, we can then enforce the judgment to recover the frozen assets (usually from a digital wallet, in these circumstances).
This process, if not defended, usually takes six to nine months from start to finish.
Related articles
Investments in cryptocurrency are becoming increasingly popular. Many such investments have been doing extremely well lately, with Bitcoin leading the way. The cryptocurrency market is at the cutting edge of financial technology and has created a real buzz, which is attracting both amateur and professional investors to spend billions of pounds each year. However, crypto…
How the English courts are assisting victims of crypto fraud The theft of crypto assets, such as Bitcoin, Tether and Ethereum, by fraudsters is becoming increasingly common. The crypto market exploded in 2021, with the total transaction volume growing by some 550% to reach $15.8 trillion. According to Chainanalysis, crypto crime hit an all-time high…
HENRY IS THE CHAIRMAN OF FR Refund, HAVING PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE CONSERVATIVE MP FOR NORTH WEST NORFOLK FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS BEFORE BEING APPOINTED TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS IN 2020.
J. Brent Williams is currently the founder, President and CEO of Euclidian Trust. He founded Euclidian Trust after boot-strapping his last entrepreneurial endeavour, 
Andrew Day has been a qualified solicitor for 15 years, having trained at a city law firm and then ultimately becoming a partner and director of a boutique dispute resolution firm. He has been a key advisor to C-suite decision makers, in-house counsel and family office teams in the strategic control and direction of complex and sensitive disputes. Andrew was responsible for the creation and management of a disruptive collaboration model between the law firm and external experts. The aim was to supply asset tracking and recovery with an intelligence gathering capability, which was developed into a revenue generative service line and a spin-off consultancy. Andrew left the law firm in late 2018 and now works as a consultant to advisory businesses to bring the multi-disciplinary approach to niche areas of claims and advisory work. Andrew was engaged by M2 in early 2021 to help drive the development of client pipeline and products, and with the management of its asset recovery offerings. 
Julian started his career at GNI Ltd in 1982 where he spent 15 years working in and eventually running their Financial Futures division. In 2001, after the sale of the company to Old Mutual, he was appointed CEO of GNI, which employed over 450 staff globally at that time. In 2002, GNI was sold to Man Financial and in 2003 Julian left to become CEO of Fleming Capital Management, a hedge fund seeding platform established by Fleming Family and Partners, the largest multi-family office in the UK. FCM built AUM to c. $500m by 2008 in 4 equity long/short funds but in 2012, a strategic change of direction led to the business being closed and Julian became a consultant to FF&P Corporate Advisory Group. In 2015, following the merger of FF&P with Stonehage, Julian left to establish his own consultancy business, focussing on aiding smaller companies with their strategic direction and capital raising. In 2019, Julian joined London and Oxford Group as Chairman.
Hemant has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) since 1988. Hemant assists in the financial control, ensuring that financial, governance, and business decisions are compliant. Hemant looks after the marketing budgets, develops financial projections and plans to ensure the prudential requirement is met.