{"id":12720,"date":"2026-09-14T00:43:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T22:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paucitas.com\/who-we-help\/private-individuals\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T00:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T22:51:28","slug":"private-individuals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paucitas.com\/en\/who-we-help\/private-individuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Private individuals with crypto: investigation, origin and questions after fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.pcb-intro{background:#243029;color:#FBF4EC;border-radius:16px;padding:26px 28px;margin:0 0 28px;}.pcb-intro h2{color:#F59024;margin-top:0;font-size:1.15em;}.pcb-intro p{margin:.5em 0 0;}.pcb-key{border-left:4px solid #F59024;background:#FBF4EC;border-radius:0 12px 12px 0;padding:16px 20px;margin:24px 0;font-weight:600;color:#243029;}.pcb-wrap h2{color:#243029;}.pcb-wrap a{color:#F59024;}.pcb-wrap .pcb-intro h2{color:#F59024;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"pcb-wrap\">\n<h1>Private individuals with crypto: investigation, origin and questions after fraud<\/h1>\n<div class=\"pcb-intro\">\n<h2>On this page<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#who\">Who exactly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#questions\">The questions this group asks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#delivers\">What Paucitas delivers for you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#collaboration\">How the collaboration works<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#element\">One thing Paucitas does differently<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#contact\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>In brief<\/h2>\n<p>You are a private individual holding crypto. Something has gone wrong, or you are being asked something you cannot answer convincingly. Paucitas establishes the facts and puts them in a form others accept.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pcb-key\">For private individuals Paucitas does two things: work out what happened after fraud or theft, and substantiate where your crypto holdings came from when your bank, the tax authority or a civil-law notary asks. You receive a report you can read yourself and a third party can recalculate.<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"who\">Who exactly<\/h2>\n<p>You were defrauded through a trading platform, a broker, a chat contact or a romance scam. Or your wallet was emptied and you do not know how. Or nothing went wrong, but your bank is blocking a payment, the tax authority is asking questions, or you want to put crypto into a mortgage or gift it to your children.<\/p>\n<p>In every case the same thing applies: you are expected to be able to demonstrate something, and you have no document for it. That document is what we make.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"questions\">The questions this group asks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/paucitas.com\/en\/questions\/scammed-with-crypto-where-to-turn\/\">I was scammed with crypto, where can I turn?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/paucitas.com\/en\/questions\/what-to-do-after-crypto-fraud\/\">What should I do after crypto fraud?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/paucitas.com\/en\/questions\/what-is-a-recovery-scam-and-how-do-i-recognise-it\/\">What is a recovery scam and how do I recognise it?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/paucitas.com\/en\/questions\/substantiate-crypto-assets-dutch-bank\/\">How do I substantiate my crypto assets for a Dutch bank?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/paucitas.com\/en\/questions\/dutch-tax-authority-questions-about-crypto\/\">The tax authority is asking about my crypto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/paucitas.com\/en\/questions\/origin-of-crypto-for-a-mortgage-application\/\">How do I evidence the origin of my crypto for a mortgage?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The background sits on the topic pages <a href=\"https:\/\/paucitas.com\/en\/topics\/crypto-fraud-investigation\/\">crypto fraud investigation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/paucitas.com\/en\/topics\/proving-the-origin-of-assets\/\">proving the origin of crypto assets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/paucitas.com\/en\/topics\/stolen-crypto-tracing\/\">stolen crypto tracing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"delivers\">What Paucitas delivers for you<\/h2>\n<p>After fraud: a timeline of what happened, the route your funds took, the points we could establish as fact and an honest assessment of what is still possible.<\/p>\n<p>For origin questions: an overview per address and per token, a chain from your first deposit to the euro in your account, and a transaction hash or export line as the source for each step.<\/p>\n<p>We do not promise recovery of your funds and we do not give tax or legal advice.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"collaboration\">How the collaboration works<\/h2>\n<p>You get in touch with a short description. In the intake you hear whether an investigation can achieve anything in your situation and what it costs; if it cannot, we say so straight away. You then receive a data list with exactly what is needed. Handover is digital or at the office.<\/p>\n<p>A regular investigation is usually ready within three working days. With many transactions or several wallets that rises to about two weeks.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"element\">One thing Paucitas does differently<\/h2>\n<p>We write down what we cannot establish. Every report has a section on reservations and limitations and a declaration of independence. It reads as less decisive, but it is exactly the part that lets a bank or a court take the report seriously.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"contact\">Contact<\/h2>\n<p>Paucitas usually replies within a few minutes to an hour, and in nearly all cases the same working day. Paucitas can be reached by phone around the clock on <a href=\"tel:+31202445774\">+31 20 244 5774<\/a>. The office is at Weesperstraat 107 in Amsterdam; material can be handed over digitally or at the office.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<h3>Can Paucitas get my money back?<\/h3>\n<p>No. We investigate and record what happened and where the funds went. Recovery is something we do not undertake.<\/p>\n<h3>Is an investigation worthwhile with little data?<\/h3>\n<p>Often yes. An investigation starts from a single lead: a transaction hash, an address, a bank statement or a message thread.<\/p>\n<h3>What does an investigation cost for a private individual?<\/h3>\n<p>That depends on the size. 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