Crypto Fraud

When Digital Assets Are Stolen, We Fight To Get Them Back

In today’s booming crypto landscape, innovation flourishes—but so do sophisticated fraud schemes. As federal oversight recedes, bad actors are exploiting regulatory gaps with increasingly complex schemes that leave investors devastated.

Treanor Devlin Brown’s founders prosecuted digital payment fraud before the blockchain existed. Now we’re applying these skills to recover assets for victims of cryptocurrency scams, whether you’re an individual investor, venture capital firm, or institutional player in the digital asset space.

Protecting Investors and Companies Across the Crypto Ecosystem

Our representation extends to all participants harmed by blockchain fraud:

• Individual victims scammed by rug pulls, pump-and-dumps, market manipulation, hacks, or pig butchering scams.
• Investors in fintech projects who backed crypto and blockchain projects that weren’t what they were claimed to be.
• Legitimate crypto exchanges whose reputations and businesses are damaged by projects making false claims to get listed or using the exchanges for market manipulation. 
• Companies developing legitimate blockchain solutions harmed by competitors’ fraudulent claims.
• Trading firms and market makers victimized by manipulative counterparties.
• DeFi platforms damaged by exploits and fraudulent activity.
• DAOs and collectives whose assets were misappropriated.

Have You Been Targeted by These Schemes?

• Investment Fraud: Projects with impressive whitepapers and roadmaps that vanish after funding.
• Pump and Dump Manipulations: Orchestrated price inflation through influencer promotion before insider selloffs.
• Rug Pulls: Developers abandoning projects after draining liquidity pools, leaving worthless tokens behind.
• Market Manipulation: Phony “market making,” wash trading, spoofing and illiquid “liquidity pools.”
• Insider Trading: Undisclosed advance trading on token listings and protocol changes.
• “Pig Butchering” Schemes: Sophisticated social engineering tactics that build trust before extracting funds.
• Blockchain Vaporware: Startups raising capital on fake technological claims and phantom blockchain solutions.
• Smart Contract Exploits: Deliberate code vulnerabilities designed to siphon investor funds.
• Governance Attacks: Manipulation of governance tokens to extract value from legitimate protocols.

Former Federal Prosecutors Who Recovered Billions—Now Fighting for You

Unlike general practice firms just discovering crypto, our founding partners built their careers prosecuting technologically sophisticated financial fraud. We’ve led landmark cases that recovered over $5 billion in ill-gotten gains and sent sophisticated financial criminals to prison.

Now we’re applying that prosecutorial intensity and technical understanding to recover your stolen assets and hold perpetrators accountable.

Our Multi-Dimensional Recovery Strategy

We deploy a comprehensive approach tailored to cryptocurrency fraud:

Criminal Recovery Track: Our relationships with federal prosecutors and law enforcement agencies help initiate criminal investigations that can freeze and recover assets through formal proceedings. We know how to package cases for successful prosecution and navigate asset forfeiture proceedings to benefit victims.

Strategic Civil Litigation: We pursue direct action against fraudsters, exchanges, promoters, and enablers through precisely targeted lawsuits engineered to maximize recovery and overcome jurisdictional challenges unique to cryptocurrency cases.

Class Action Leadership: For widespread schemes affecting numerous victims, our class action practice aggregates claims to create leverage that individual suits cannot achieve.

Regulatory Engagement: We leverage our deep relationships with agencies to encourage enforcement actions that complement private recovery efforts.

Technical Sophistication Meets Legal Excellence

Our team combines litigation firepower with authentic cryptocurrency expertise:

• Blockchain Forensics: We partner with leading analytics firms to trace assets across chains and through mixers.
• Smart Contract Analysis: We work with technical experts to document exploits and prove malfeasance.
• Strategic Legal Partnerships: We work with other lawyers and law firms pursuing these same battles, combining resources to maximize recovery.

Flexible Fee Arrangements for Crypto Recovery

We understand that fraud victims may face liquidity constraints. Our fee structures include:

• Contingency Options: We share risk by tying our compensation to successful recovery.
• Hybrid Arrangements: Combining reduced hourly rates with success-based components.
• Class Representation: No fees for qualified class members absent a recovery.

Active Investigations: Join These Recovery Efforts

We are currently litigating and investigating crypto fraud scams. If you don’t see your matter listed but believe you were the victim of a crypto scam and need representation, email us at info@tdblaw.com.

Act Now: Time Is Critical in Asset Recovery

With cryptocurrency, stolen funds move quickly through mixers, cross-chain bridges, and offshore exchanges. Early intervention dramatically increases recovery chances. Our team stands ready to assess your case immediately.

If you lost money in any of the cases below, please contact us to receive more information and set up a consultation.

 

 

Treanor Devlin Brown is currently investigating the following episodes and assessing whether a lawsuit should be filed. If you lost funds and would like information about any of these matters, contact us.

Arbitrum (ARB) Token Investigation

Treanor Devlin Brown is investigating potential claims on behalf of investors who purchased Arbitrum’s $ARB token and suffered significant financial losses.

What Happened

$ARB, the governance token of the Arbitrum Layer 2 network, launched in March 2023 and reached an all-time high of approximately $2.40 in January 2024. Since then, the token’s price has declined by more than 95%, falling below $0.10 by early 2026. Investors who purchased $ARB during or after its initial distribution have suffered substantial losses.

Treanor Devlin Brown is examining whether this dramatic price collapse was caused or exacerbated by potential misconduct, including insider selling, token unlock practices, and potential market manipulation.

Who Should Contact Us

If you purchased $ARB tokens and suffered losses, we want to hear from you. You may have information relevant to our investigation, and you may have legal claims. There is no cost or obligation to you.

Movement Labs

Movement Labs listed the MOVE token on Binance on December 9, 2024. The next day, approximately 66 million MOVE tokens were sold off, erasing approximately $2.5 billion in market value. TDB Law is investigating published reports of market manipulation and potential litigation against those responsible.

Mantra 

On April 13, 2025, Mantra’s OM token plummeted in price from approximately $6.21 to below $0.49 within a day, marking a loss of 92% in value. TDB Law is investigating possible market manipulation—both with respect to the price collapse and whether it had been artificially propped up before then.

 

Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. This communication is intended to provide general information about an ongoing investigation and does not constitute legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is formed by contacting the firm.

Your Path to Recovery Starts Here

If you’ve lost digital assets to fraud, you’re likely feeling overwhelmed, angry, and unsure where to turn. We understand. As former federal prosecutors who’ve spent decades pursuing fraudsters and recovering stolen funds, we’ve seen the devastation these schemes cause—and we know how to fight back.

Getting Started Is Simple

1. Reach Out for a Free Consultation

Send us an email at info@tdblaw.com or contact us through our secure form here. A member of our team will respond if we can help. There’s no fee for your initial consultation. We’ll listen to your story, assess your case, and give you an honest evaluation of your recovery options.

2. We’ll Review Your Case Together

During our consultation, we’ll:

• Understand what happened to your assets and how the fraud occurred.
• Evaluate the strength of your potential claims.
• Identify the recovery paths available—whether through criminal proceedings, civil litigation, or class actions.
• Explain our strategy for maximizing your recovery.

3. If We Move Forward, We Handle Everything

Once you become a client, our team immediately begins working to recover your assets:

• Investigating your claims by reviewing evidence you provide and that our team uncovers.
• Tracing your funds through sophisticated blockchain analysis
• Building your case with prosecutorial precision.
• Fighting relentlessly to get you the recovery to which you are entitled.

Fee Arrangements That Put You First

We know that fraud victims often face financial constraints. That’s why we offer flexible fee structures designed to align our success with yours:

Contingency Fee Options

For many crypto fraud recovery cases, we work on a contingency basis—we only get paid if we recover assets for you. That means:

• No upfront costs to begin your case
• No hourly bills accumulating while we work
• No financial risk if recovery isn’t possible
• Complete alignment between your interests and ours

Hybrid Arrangements

For the right case and if your resources allow it, we offer hybrid fee structures combining reduced hourly rates with success-based components. This approach maximizes your upside while keeping your costs manageable.

Ready to Fight Back?

You don’t have to accept being a victim. If blockchain fraudsters took your assets, we’re ready to pursue them with the same intensity we once brought as federal prosecutors.

Contact us today for your free, confidential consultation. Together, we’ll chart your path from loss to recovery.

Contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship.