Case files from the desk.
Every published case file. Read the full investigation behind each scam-broker entry on our watchlist — written by the lead investigator on the case.
Recovery briefings from the operations desk
How We Got 84% Back From a Frozen “CFD” Account in Nine Days
A Houston engineer was locked out of a fake CFD platform, Wealth Complex, after a phantom balance hit five figures. We traced the BTC…
BRIEFINGA Telegram “Signal Group” Sent Her to FX Prime Pro. We Recovered 79%.
A Munich teacher followed a Telegram signal group onto FX Prime Pro and deposited EUR 38,000 in USDT. A 72-hour report let us freeze…
BRIEFINGThe “Portfolio Manager” Who Vanished: Recovering 71% Across Two Rails
A Leeds retiree was talked into a managed account on Apex Global Trades. We ran a bank recall and an on-chain trace in parallel…
BRIEFINGThe “AI Auto-Trading Bot” That Only Traded Deposits
A Perth tradesman put AUD 61,000 of ETH into Crypto Stallions Pro, an "AI bot" platform. We recovered an honest 47% once the Ponzi…
BRIEFINGThe First 72 Hours: A Recovery Flight Plan for Crypto-Scam Victims
A step-by-step recovery flight plan for the first 72 hours after a crypto scam: stop the bleed, capture evidence, trace the hops, and file…
BRIEFINGHe Refused the “Release Fee” and Got 88% Back Instead
A Calgary nurse hit a withdrawal-fee wall on Heptagon Investments. Because she refused to pay and reported fast, we froze CAD 38,700 across two…
BRIEFINGA Five-Month Romance, a Fake “Staking” Account, and What We Could Still Save
A Singapore professional lost $128,000 to a romance scam routed through Valeria Capital. A long con cools the trail — we recovered 33% of…
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Case file: Costa Markets
Costa Markets is now logged on the Cryptoblackbird Watchlist. The domain mechanics, regulator silence, and reach-out behavior all map to a known operator profile.
Read the full case fileMFCapitalFX: case file from our team
MFCapitalFX is now logged on the Cryptoblackbird Watchlist. The domain mechanics, regulator silence, and reach-out behavior all map to a known operator profile.
Read the full case fileCT-Trade — on the Cryptoblackbird Watchlist
CT-Trade has been added to the Cryptoblackbird Watchlist after our analysts logged behaviour consistent with a high-risk trading operation. The profile below sets out what we found, why the platform raised flags, and the steps available to anyone…
Read the full case fileWatchlist entry · Diago Finance
Diago Finance markets aggressively, regulates ambiguously, and answers concrete questions in vague metaphors. That is the pattern.
Read the full case fileTop Binary Signals: case file from our team
The Cryptoblackbird investigations desk logs operators that behave like investment fraud rather than legitimate brokerages. Top Binary Signals fits that pattern. What follows is our case summary and the recovery path we recommend.Reported activityTop Binary Signals has been…
Read the full case fileCMC Gao Hua: case file from our team
The Cryptoblackbird investigations desk logs operators that behave like investment fraud rather than legitimate brokerages. CMC Gao Hua fits that pattern. What follows is our case summary and the recovery path we recommend.Reported activityCMC Gao Hua has been…
Read the full case fileBP1 LP („Stern Options”): case file from our team
The Cryptoblackbird investigations desk logs operators that behave like investment fraud rather than legitimate brokerages. BP1 LP („Stern Options”) fits that pattern. What follows is our case summary and the recovery path we recommend.Why BP1 LP („Stern Options”)…
Read the full case fileCase file: Capital Bright
Capital Bright appears to be the latest brand wrapping the same tired crypto-broker playbook in fresh packaging.
Read the full case fileOsmosisFX: case file from our team
OsmosisFX markets aggressively, regulates ambiguously, and answers concrete questions in vague metaphors. That is the pattern.
Read the full case fileTradeThunder: case file from our team
The Cryptoblackbird investigations desk logs operators that behave like investment fraud rather than legitimate brokerages. TradeThunder fits that pattern. What follows is our case summary and the recovery path we recommend.Why TradeThunder is on our WatchlistTradeThunder has been…
Read the full case fileCase file: Trade With Top1
Watchlist entry Trade With Top1 looks polished from the front. Step behind the marketing copy and the substance thins out fast.
Read the full case fileBfxinternational: case file from our team
Cryptoblackbird tracks brokers and platforms that surface on regulator warning lists and in victim reports. Bfxinternational is one of them. Below is our review of the operator and guidance for recovering money already paid in.Reported activityBfxinternational has been…
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