Paucitas answers here the questions about crypto that people actually ask, in the form in which they ask them. Each page covers one question: what Paucitas does, what you supply, what you receive and how to get started. If you are looking for the background to a subject, you will find it on the topic pages and in the glossary.

The 29 pages below fall into five groups. The first is for people who have lost money and want to know where to turn. The second covers the forms of fraud we see most often and how each of them is investigated. The third is about wallets and access, where the honest answer is more often technical than hopeful. The fourth covers the origin of assets, banks and tax, which is the largest group because it is the one most often asked by people who have done nothing wrong. The fifth covers legal and business matters: divorce, estates, insolvency and company accounts.

Most of these questions about crypto have a Dutch background, because Paucitas works from Amsterdam and most files involve a Dutch bank, the Dutch tax authority, a Dutch police report or a Dutch court. The English pages name that context rather than leaving it out, so an international reader with a Dutch matter can follow what is being described and an adviser abroad can see which rules apply. Where a question is purely technical, such as a partly lost recovery phrase, the answer is the same in any country.

Victims and next steps

• I have been scammed with crypto, where can I turn?
• What should I do after crypto fraud and who can help?
• Who helps me with the next steps after filing a police report?
• Can stolen crypto be traced and what does that achieve?
• Reliable crypto recovery in the Netherlands, which firm should I approach?

Fraud types and investigation

• I am a victim of pig butchering, who investigates my case?
• What is boiler room fraud and who investigates it in the Netherlands?
• How does an investigation into boiler room fraud with crypto payments work?
• Who investigates scams involving crypto investments?
• Who helps after a scam by a fraudulent crypto broker?
• Who can establish whether a crypto platform is fraudulent?

Wallets and access

• I have partly lost my seed phrase, what is still possible?
• I still have partial access to my wallet, who can look at it with me?
• Is there reliable help with restoring access to a wallet?

Source of funds, banks and tax

• How do I substantiate my crypto assets for a Dutch bank?
• My bank is blocking a payment from crypto, who helps substantiate the origin?
• The Dutch tax authority is asking about my crypto, who helps me substantiate it?
• I have to show that my crypto profit was earned honestly, who can help?
• Which documents does my bank need for money that came from crypto?
• What is the difference between source of funds and the origin of your assets?
• How do I set out my crypto assets clearly for Box 3?
• Which firm sets out my crypto assets clearly for the tax return?
• Who prepares an overview of my crypto for my bookkeeper?
• Who maps out crypto assets clearly for private individuals?

Legal and business

• How are crypto assets established in a divorce?
• Who establishes the value of crypto holdings during a divorce?
• How are crypto assets in an estate mapped out?
• How are crypto holdings traced and substantiated in a bankruptcy?
• How do I map out my company crypto holdings clearly?

Nothing on these pages is a promise about an outcome. Paucitas establishes facts and records them, and what a bank, an authority or a court then does with the report is for them to decide.