Rug Pulls

How These Cases Work

Ventures that raise capital, then disappear with everything invested.

A collapse that looks like market failure but was planned from the start.

01
The Project Was Built to Be Abandoned

There is a product, a roadmap, an active community, and often a genuinely competent presentation. Money comes in from many people at once. Then, usually within a short window, the liquidity is removed, the team’s channels go quiet, and the value collapses to nothing.

What separates this from ordinary failure is the exit. Funds are withdrawn deliberately and quickly, and the wallets used are typically prepared in advance. Anonymous or thinly verified teams are the common factor.

02
What an Investigation Involves

Actionreclaims Investigations

We start with the operators’ wallets and accounts — where the raised capital went the moment it was withdrawn, and how it was broken up afterwards. Distribution patterns matter here: funds split across many addresses and reconsolidated later leave a recognisable shape.

We also research the people behind the project. Anonymity is rarely complete. Domain registrations, exchange verification records, earlier projects, and payment infrastructure all leave traces, and previous ventures under different names are a common finding.

Where multiple investors are affected, a combined evidence file carries far more weight with exchanges and authorities than separate individual reports.

Our Process

 Four stages, in the order we work them.

 

Operator Wallet Tracking

Following raised capital from the moment it was withdrawn.

Mapping how funds were split, moved, and reconsolidated.

omains, registrations, and prior projects linked to the operators.

Built for exchange requests, group claims, and law enforcement.

In their own words

“Everyone said it was just a bad investment. The report showed the withdrawal wallets were set up before launch.”

Dmitri

Germany

4.9 Rating

"They connected the team to a project that had collapsed the same way a year earlier."

Aisha United Kingdom

"Eleven of us pooled our cases. Together it was substantial enough that the exchange finally responded."

Paulo Brazil

"Told me plainly which portion had gone through a mixer and was realistically gone. I appreciated not being sold hope."

R.M. United States

Common Questions

Not if the exit was engineered, and that distinction is what an investigation establishes. Liquidity removed in a single coordinated action, into wallets prepared beforehand, looks nothing like a project running out of money.

Sometimes, at least partially. Complete anonymity is difficult to maintain across domain registrations, exchange verification, hosting, and earlier projects. We are honest about how far this is likely to go before you commit.

Considerably. A combined file documenting many losses carries far more weight with exchanges and authorities than individual reports, and it spreads the cost. If you are in contact with others, mention it at the assessment.

Often, for that portion. Mixing is genuinely effective and we will tell you when a trail has ended rather than bill you to keep looking. Frequently only part of the capital is mixed, and the remainder stays traceable.

Sooner is better, but these cases stay workable longer than most. Operator wallets often sit dormant for months before funds move to an exchange, and that later movement is frequently the point at which a case becomes actionable.