Who helps me with the next steps after filing a police report?

What Paucitas does

After a report is filed it often goes quiet, while there are still steps to take. We pick up the case where the report left off: the payments are followed onward, the endpoints are identified and we set out which of those endpoints can realistically be approached and by whom.

Where the trail reaches a service that identifies its customers, we say so plainly. Where it ends at a platform that publishes nothing, we say that too, because knowing which door is closed saves you months.

Help after filing a police report is mostly a matter of doing the work that a criminal file will not do for you. The registration establishes that something happened; it does not establish where the money went. That second question is answered on the chain, and it can be answered independently of whether a criminal investigation is opened.

What you supply

You supply Paucitas with the police record or the registration number of your report, your transaction statements, the payment addresses and the messages with the provider. The reference number of your report to Report Fraud or Police Scotland helps us connect our findings to what you have already reported.

Correspondence with the platform belongs in the set as well, including the messages in which a withdrawal was refused or a further payment was demanded. Those exchanges often date the moment the operation turned, and a dated moment is what makes a timeline usable rather than merely plausible.

What you receive

You receive a report from Paucitas with the outcome of the follow up investigation and a list of possible next steps, each with the reason why that step makes sense in your file. The turnaround time is from the same day to around two weeks, depending on the case.

That list is deliberately short. It names only the steps that your own data support, so you are not paying for options that cannot be substantiated.

The UK division of labour is worth spelling out. The police register and prioritise, the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales or the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in Scotland decides on prosecution, and a civil court can be approached separately with documented findings. A factual report serves all three routes, and it is the only one of them you can set in motion yourself.

How to get started

You contact Paucitas with the number of your report and a short description of what you have already tried. We look at it without charge and tell you whether a follow up investigation is worthwhile. Write to us through the contact page and we will come back to you with a clear yes or no.

Bring the registration number if you have it, and the date you filed. If the platform or the bank account involved is abroad, that is not an obstacle; the on-chain work is the same and the report can be written to suit either jurisdiction.

Whether the police or the prosecution service take a case further, they decide themselves.

Would you like to know what this means for your situation? Ring us on +31 20 244 5774, day or night, or fill in our contact form and you will hear from us within 1 to 3 hours. We answer emails within 24 hours, usually the same day. The intake is free and without obligation.