Pig-butchering · FR/IT
Exchange liaison
A cross-border romance-investment fraud where funds are groomed out of the victim over months and terminate at a custodial exchange.
By the numbers
14 hops · 4 chains
Trace depth
FR · IT · HK · PH · SG
Jurisdictions
€320k
Funds located
16 days
Time to report
The situation
- The victim is groomed via a months-long online relationship onto a fake platform.
- Funds are deposited in increasing amounts until withdrawals are blocked.
Our approach
- We trace the deposits to the terminating custodial exchange.
- We prepare a voluntary asset-freeze request and an FIU-aligned filing.
What the engagement produces
- Documentation supporting a freeze request to the receiving exchange.
- A report structured for the victim's jurisdiction and counsel.
This is a composite of a common case type, not a specific client matter.