Expertise & Insights

After the scam, someone contacts you claiming to have found your money. This is now the most dangerous moment. Why the second scam often follows just days after the first, how to recognize it, and what you should do before paying anything.

Confiscation of cryptocurrency: Compensation, asset freeze, emergency sale, and forensic evidence that holds up in court. For investigators and defense.

Cryptocurrencies are generally part of the insolvency estate – but hidden wallets often remain undiscovered without technical analysis. This article shows how insolvency administrators can use crypto forensics, blockchain analysis, and address clustering to track down, secure, and legally liquidate undisclosed holdings for the benefit of creditors.

Anyone who has been defrauded in an investment expects financial loss, not legal proceedings against themselves. As an unwitting financial agent, the victim quickly becomes the accused: account freezing under the Money Laundering Act, charges of money laundering under Section 261 of the German Criminal Code, and civil liability. We demonstrate the escalation process and the forensic levers available for client representation.

Finanz Forensik GmbH warns against the website finanzforensik.com. According to confirmed information, there is no business, organizational, or legal connection to the official Finanz Forensik GmbH. This article explains how those affected can identify the genuine website, what warning signs to look out for, and what to do if they have already been contacted.

False names, shell companies, and virtual addresses no longer mean that fraudsters remain undetected. Professional OSINT investigations combine publicly available information with blockchain forensics and technical analysis to uncover criminal networks. Learn how open source intelligence helps lawyers, businesses, and law enforcement agencies solve fraud cases.

Why the payment service provider OpenPayd is particularly relevant from a forensic perspective in the background of many investment fraud cases – and what those affected should do now.

Instead of forged transfer confirmations, perpetrators today use genuine blockchain transactions: They create their own tokens with names like USDT, USDC, or ETH and transfer them to the victim's wallet. We show why only the smart contract address matters and what features a forensic examination reveals.

False names, shell companies, and virtual addresses no longer mean that fraudsters remain undetected. Professional OSINT investigations combine publicly available information with blockchain forensics and technical analysis to uncover criminal networks. Learn how open source intelligence helps lawyers, businesses, and law enforcement agencies solve fraud cases.

False names, shell companies, and virtual addresses no longer mean that fraudsters remain undetected. Professional OSINT investigations combine publicly available information with blockchain forensics and technical analysis to uncover criminal networks. Learn how open source intelligence helps lawyers, businesses, and law enforcement agencies solve fraud cases.

Did assets flow through wallets linked to the Huione Group? For law firms, companies, and authorities, a reliable assessment is crucial. We explain the FinCEN measures, the liquidation of Huione Pay and H-Pay, and demonstrate how court-admissible blockchain forensics supports claims and investigations.

USDC is one of the few major crypto assets that Circle can centrally freeze. This provides lawyers, insolvency administrators, and law enforcement agencies with a practical tool for asset protection. We explain the blacklist function, known cases, and the requirements for legally admissible evidence.

Polygon is fast, affordable, and international, and criminals exploit this. How court-admissible crypto forensics uncovers asset transfers for lawyers and companies.

Cross-chain operations on Arbitrum are forensically challenging: sequencer logic, delayed inbox, and router and gateway architecture require a clear methodological separation of verifiable on-chain facts and interpretation. We present a reproducible investigation framework for the professional analysis of Arbitrum swaps—as a basis for court-admissible reports.

How artificial intelligence is changing crypto forensics: wallet clustering, graph analysis, cross-chain tracing and behavioral analysis, and where the limits lie.