Crypto Fraud Protection

Legal support within Crypto Fraud Protection is a comprehensive set of legal measures aimed at identifying the mechanism through which digital assets were misappropriated, ensuring proper collection and preservation of electronic evidence, determining relevant jurisdictions, and applying legal instruments to establish control over assets, freeze them, and pursue recovery.

This is not merely filing a complaint — it is a procedural strategy that integrates blockchain analytics, international law, communication with centralized exchanges (CEX), cooperation with law enforcement authorities, and coordination with foreign counsel.

Incidents involving digital assets are particularly complex because they combine the technical nature of blockchain transactions with the need to legally prove key elements: the fact of fraud or unauthorized access, the causal link between the actions of perpetrators and the loss of assets, the movement of funds through wallets and exchanges, and the lawful origin of the assets.

Without professional legal guidance, many such cases result in lost time and lost evidence.

In these matters, the GOLAW team acts as procedural coordinator and legal representative: we formulate the legal position, ensure proper evidentiary documentation, prepare formal preservation requests to exchanges and platforms, initiate compliance-based asset freezes, interact with Ukrainian law enforcement authorities, and coordinate cross-border actions through our international partner network.

What we do

• Legal qualification of the fraudulent scheme and identification of responsible persons/platforms
• Construction of transaction chains and evidentiary models (in coordination with blockchain forensics providers)
• Preparation of an exchange-ready evidence package (including KYC/AML-compliant documentation and preservation requests)
• Initiation of asset freezing procedures and communication with exchange compliance/legal departments
• Criminal law track: filing reports, supporting investigative actions, MLAT requests (where appropriate)
• Coordination with foreign counsel: freezing orders and asset recovery actions in relevant jurisdictions
• Civil litigation track: claims and court/arbitration proceedings against platforms/intermediaries (where grounds exist)