A Norwegian forensics firm. We trace the funds, write the report, and run the legal recovery — for victims, law firms, and law enforcement. Our blockchain research has been cited by Bloomberg, Time, Der Spiegel, and leading academic studies.
If you've lost cryptocurrency to a scam, fraudster, or rug pull — submit your case and we'll review it for free. If the trail is worth following, we scope the engagement, agree the fee, and start work. No software to install. You don't trace — we do.
Initial review within 48 hours. Capacity limited — we only take cases we can move on.
Methodology
Engineers and investigators following the money across blockchains, exchanges, and bridge protocols — then packaging what we find into something a court can use.
From a single wallet address we reconstruct every incoming and outgoing transaction across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, and other supported chains — building the full activity graph the case turns on.
Funds don't stay put. We detect cross-chain bridges — Hop, Stargate, Wormhole, Ren — and continue tracing on the destination chain, through mixers and obfuscation layers, until the trail reaches an off-ramp.
We hand over a sworn-grade report — transaction hashes, timestamps, entity attributions, expert commentary — and then our legal team takes it forward: exchange freezes, civil claims, criminal referrals.
As Featured In
Bloomberg
Pig-Butchering Scams Net More Than $75 Billion, Study Finds
"Many of the fraud victims' blockchain addresses were collected by Chainbrium, a Norwegian crypto investigations firm."
Time
New Study Estimates $75 Billion in Losses to Pig-Butchering Scam
"Chainbrium conducted its own analysis of the data and found that a large proportion of the funds flowed through a purportedly decentralized crypto exchange called Tokenlon."
Der Spiegel
Menschenhändler in Südostasien: "Verkaufe chinesischen Mann, 22, tippt langsam"
Investigation into human trafficking and forced crypto scam operations in Southeast Asia, featuring Chainbrium blockchain analysis.
New York Post
'Pig-butchering' scams have cost crypto investors $75B: study
"The professor reportedly used Norwegian crypto investigations firm Chainbrium to collect victims' blockchain addresses."
Economic Times
How China's 'Broken Tooth' Stole Over $75B Through Crypto
"A Norwegian firm, Chainbrium, identified platforms like Tokenlon as tools for laundering scam proceeds."
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
The Business of Exploitation: Economics of Cyber Scam Operations
Research report citing Chainbrium's pig butchering scams analysis and blockchain tracing methodology.
What we do
We don't sell software. We do the investigation, write the report, and run the legal recovery — engaged separately or as one end-to-end mandate.
Our investigators follow stolen or laundered cryptocurrency across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, and other chains — through bridges, mixers, and obfuscation layers — until the trail reaches an exchange, OTC desk, or off-ramp we can name.
Typical deliverable: attribution graph + entity list + executive summary.
A court-ready evidence report: methodology, transaction hashes, timestamps, entity attributions, expert commentary, and jurisdictional analysis. Written to be handed directly to law enforcement, a prosecutor, or opposing counsel.
Typical deliverable: sealed PDF + supporting exhibits + sworn declaration.
Our in-house legal team takes the evidence forward: exchange freeze requests, civil claims, criminal referrals, and coordination with law enforcement across jurisdictions. We act on the report — not just hand it over.
Typical mandate: freeze, civil claim, or criminal referral on instruction.
Who we work with
Most engagements come from one of three places. We meet each on their own terms.
You lost crypto to a scam, fraudster, or rug pull. Free initial review. If the funds are recoverable, we tell you, scope the work, and take the case from trace through legal recovery.
You have a client and a wallet address. We act as forensic expert: tracing, court-ready reports, sworn declarations, and expert testimony. We co-litigate or hand the brief to your team — your call.
You have a target, a ransomware payment, or a suspicious counterparty. We provide tracing, attribution, and exchange-ready evidence under engagement — typically supporting an existing case file or compliance review.
Engagement
No price list. Every case is scoped against the funds at stake, the chains involved, and the recovery path. Most engagements settle into one of three shapes.
You want to know where the funds went. We deliver an attribution graph, entity list, and executive summary. Fixed-fee, scoped after the free initial review.
The investigation plus a court-ready evidence report you or your counsel can file. Sworn declaration available. Most common engagement for law firms and law enforcement.
We trace, report, and run the legal action — exchange freezes, civil claim, criminal referral. Fee structure agreed up front; success-linked components on case-by-case basis.
Free initial review. We respond within 48 hours.
Get in Touch
For case intake, use the form above — we respond within 48 hours. For everything else (press, partnerships, general enquiries), reach us here.
Haraldsgata 90
5528 Haugesund, Norway
Based in Norway, supporting cases across jurisdictions worldwide