The Crypto Fraud Desk — check, trace, report

In the complex world of cryptocurrency and financial fraud,check before you invest.

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We will never contact you first. Anyone who does, promising to recover your money for a fee, is running the second fraud.

How can we help you?

Fraud ChecklistDefrauded? What to do in the first hour, what to keep, and exactly where to report it.35 countriesPlatform CheckerIs this platform legitimate? Search the official register and see what it is licensed to do.323 authorised firmsFrozen WalletHas this wallet been frozen? Checked against freezes, blacklists and sanctions, in your browser.12,151 addressesLegal Advice & ReportingFinding a lawyer, the official register for your country, and where to report a fraud.41 bar registers

Wondering whether any of this ever works? The measured answer — what has actually been frozen, seized and prosecuted.

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The Latest Official Acts

Indictments, seizures, sanctions and regulator warnings — the tier we can report as fact rather than as somebody’s allegation.

RegulationGermany2026-08-20zafiroco(.)cr, ncwallet(.)net and “NC Wallet”: Bafin warns consumers about websites and appBaFin GermanyRegulationGermany2026-08-19Bafin warns consumers about the website basiswallet(.)coBaFin GermanyEnforcementUS2026-08-18SEC Charges Former Executives With Fraud in Connection With $1.9 Billion Collapse of Subprime Auto Lender TricolorUS Securities and Exchange CommissionRegulationGermany2026-08-18Bafin warns consumers about the website vertex-group(.)infoBaFin GermanyHow the Scams WorkAustralia2026-08-17National Anti-Scam Centre contacts more than 10,000 Australians following international cryptocurrency scam investigationACCC ScamwatchEnforcementUS2026-08-14SEC Charges Boiler Room Operator and Three Entities with Defrauding Retail Investors in $74 Million Pre-IPO Investment ScamUS Securities and Exchange CommissionEnforcementUS2026-08-13SEC Charges Toms River Trio in Connection with Alleged $47 Million Fraud Targeting Orthodox Jewish CommunitiesUS Securities and Exchange CommissionRegulationGermany2026-08-13capitalx(.)market: Bafin warns consumers about website and identity fraudBaFin GermanyRegulationGermany2026-08-13auextrade(.)com: Bafin warns consumers about website and identity fraudBaFin Germany

Top Stories

Ranked by an arithmetic rule we publish rather than by an editor’s hunch: an official act outranks an account of one, money recovered outranks money lost, a larger printed figure outranks a smaller one, and recency is one term among four rather than the whole sort. How the ranking works.

The Full Wire

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58 sources25 jurisdictions55 answering113 of 1,204 keptupdated 2026-08-21 08:24 UTC
FMA New Zealandnot answeringFinansinspektionen Swedennothing new for 44dSEC Nigerianothing new for 98d
Every source, and what it gave us
SourceWhereKindItemsNewest
ACCC ScamwatchAustraliaOfficial act102026-08-17
AFM NetherlandsNetherlandsOfficial act462026-08-20
AMF FranceFranceOfficial act2002026-08-14
ASIC AustraliaAustraliaOfficial act20undated
BaFin GermanyGermanyOfficial act202026-08-20
BC Securities Commission — Investment Caution ListCanadaOfficial act62026-08-18
BC Securities Commission — Notices & Temporary OrdersCanadaOfficial act42026-08-18
BleepingComputerGlobalIndependent152026-08-20
Canadian Securities AdministratorsCanadaOfficial act102026-08-18
Central Bank of IrelandIrelandOfficial act252026-08-20
ChainalysisGlobalForensics102026-08-14
CoinDeskGlobalTrade press252026-08-21
CointelegraphGlobalTrade press302026-08-21
CONSOB ItalyItalyOfficial act18undated
Crystal IntelligenceGlobalForensics102026-08-20
CSSF LuxembourgLuxembourgOfficial act102026-08-17
CySEC CyprusCyprusOfficial act252026-08-14
Czech National BankCzechiaOfficial act102026-08-07
DecryptGlobalTrade press362026-08-20
ESMAEUOfficial act102026-08-18
European Banking AuthorityEUOfficial act102026-08-06
FATFGlobalOfficial act11undated
FBIUSOfficial act3002026-08-14
Financial Conduct AuthorityUKOfficial act202026-08-20
Finansinspektionen SwedenSwedenOfficial act92026-07-07
FinCENUSOfficial act82026-08-19
FINMA Switzerland — NewsSwitzerlandOfficial act502026-08-20
FINMA Switzerland — SanctionsSwitzerlandOfficial act502026-08-20
FINRAUSOfficial act102026-08-20
FMA AustriaAustriaOfficial act92026-08-21
FMA New ZealandNew ZealandOfficial act0undated
FSMA BelgiumBelgiumOfficial act302026-08-20
INTERPOLGlobalOfficial act11undated
IOSCOGlobalOfficial act202026-07-22
Japan FSAJapanOfficial act34undated
KrakenGlobalIndependent102026-08-20
Krebs on SecurityGlobalIndependent102026-08-14
MFSA MaltaMaltaOfficial act122026-08-20
New York Attorney GeneralUSOfficial act25undated
New York Department of Financial ServicesUSOfficial act10undated
Ontario Securities CommissionCanadaOfficial act21undated
Rekt NewsGlobalIndependent72026-04-09
SEBI IndiaIndiaOfficial act302026-08-19
SEC NigeriaNigeriaOfficial act62026-05-15
SFC Hong KongHong KongOfficial act72026-08-18
SlowMistGlobalForensics102026-08-19
Texas State Securities BoardUSOfficial act5undated
The BlockGlobalTrade press202026-08-21
TRM LabsGlobalForensics1002026-08-19
UK National Crime AgencyUKOfficial act16undated
US Commodity Futures Trading CommissionUSOfficial act372026-08-20
US Department of JusticeUSOfficial act252026-08-20
US Federal Trade CommissionUSOfficial act102026-08-19
US Secret ServiceUSOfficial act15undated
US Securities and Exchange CommissionUSOfficial act252026-08-18
US Treasury OFACUSOfficial act102026-08-20
VARA DubaiUAEOfficial act21undated
Web3 is Going Just GreatGlobalIndependent202026-08-12

Publishes but cannot be read automatically, so we link rather than carry it: Europol. We do not reproduce the FCA Warning List — its terms do not permit it, so we link to the authoritative copy instead.