• SRA Regulated Kevin Smith, freelance solicitor
  • Practice SRA No. 8011060
  • Solicitor SRA No. 319685

Crypto recovery legal services, with the limits stated up front

People search for a crypto lawyer, crypto recovery legal help, and a way to report a scam. These pages use the phrases people type. Each one says what this practice can review, and what it will not promise.

Service 01

Lost Access and Wallet Recovery

Cryptocurrency that still exists, so far as the records show, but cannot be reached: lost credentials, broken devices, incomplete seed records, and locked hosted accounts. Wallet recovery here means review of records and lawful reconstruction where possible. It never means asking you to paste a seed phrase into a website.

  • Forgotten passwords and lost two-factor authentication
  • Exchange lockouts on accounts that appear to be yours
  • Incomplete seed phrase or key records
  • Mis-sent transfers and wrong-address errors
Service 02

Crypto Fraud and Theft

After a crypto scam, an investment fraud, or an unauthorised transfer, the first task is to establish what can be documented. The practice does not begin by promising that funds will come back. It begins with evidence.

  • Phishing, impersonation, and fake trading platforms
  • Romance and investment fraud, including pig butchering schemes
  • Fake exchanges and rug pulls
  • SIM swap and unauthorised movement of assets
Service 03

Custodial Disputes and Exchange Lockouts

Some matters sit with an exchange, broker, or other custodian: an account freeze, a lockout, or balances nobody can explain. Where the venue is genuine, the work is a documented dispute. Where it is fake, the matter is treated as fraud.

  • Frozen exchange accounts and pending withdrawals
  • Missing balances on hosted platforms
  • Disputes prepared to a court-readable standard
  • Escalation routes with genuine custodians
Service 04

Estate Succession and Inheritance Crypto

Executors, administrators, and heirs sometimes discover that a deceased estate includes cryptocurrency, and that the records are incomplete. The practice assists with the lawful recovery and transfer of those holdings, subject to probate and proper authority.

  • Locating and valuing digital assets in an estate
  • Exchange and custodian correspondence for executors
  • Transfer of holdings under grant of probate
  • Sensitive handling of seed records found among papers

Every service page states what the practice can review, and what it will not promise

Recovery is conditional on facts: where the assets moved, which institutions hold them, and which courts can reach them. The written evaluation exists to answer one question honestly: is there a real path, or not.

If you are unsure which service fits, request a free case evaluation and describe what happened in your own words. You can also read how the no win, no fee model works before you decide anything.