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ChainFreeze · Findings report · 2026-10-20

Good news: we found 2 places where your money may be frozen.

Case reference	CF-5A3B1E00
Blockchain	Tron
Your wallet	`TSAMPLEVictimxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`
Loss you reported	12,000 USDT

Certified report. Reference CF-5A3B1E00, verification code SAMP-LE00-0000. Anyone can check it is genuine at chainfreeze.com/verify.

What we found

We followed the payment from your wallet on Tron through 4 wallets in 3 steps.

We found 2 places where some of the money may be frozen: Tether, Example Exchange. Act quickly: funds can move again within hours.

The payment we traced

12,000 USDT on 2026-10-14 08:12:40 UTC to TSAMPLEScammerxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx · see it on the blockchain

Where the money went

Step 1: the money reached 1 wallet.
Step 2: the money reached 1 wallet.
Step 3: the money reached 2 wallets, including Example Exchange, 1 of them still held funds when checked.

Where a freeze may be possible

Tether Confidence: High

4,700 USDT · Stablecoin issuer

Tether issues this stablecoin and can freeze it at any address. The funds were last seen at these addresses.

TSAMPLEHeldxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Example Exchange Confidence: Medium

7,200 USDT · Exchange

Public sources report this address as belonging to this exchange; the exchange will confirm when it checks.

TSAMPLEExchangeDepositxxxxxxxxxxxx

Wallets still holding funds

TSAMPLEHeldxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 4,700 USDT

What to do next

Ask for a freeze today. We have drafted a letter to Tether, Example Exchange, and one for the police. Add your details, check them, and send them.
Report it to the police. Exchanges and issuers act much faster when the police ask. Keep the report number: your letters need it.
Save your evidence pack. One document with the whole trail, ready for the police and to attach to your letters. Anyone with this page's link can see the trace, so share it only with the police, an exchange or your lawyer.

About this report

This report is based only on public blockchain records, checked on the date shown. Funds may have moved since.
Naming an exchange or issuer means funds reached an address linked to them. It does not mean they did anything wrong, and only they can confirm who controls the account.
ChainFreeze is not a law firm and cannot freeze or return funds. Only exchanges, stablecoin issuers, the police and courts can.

ChainFreeze will never ask you for a fee to release funds, and never asks for your seed phrase.

Complete pack · part 2

Freeze letters, emailed for you

We email a freeze request to each company that can freeze the money, with you copied and replies coming straight to you. We also give you the letters to send yourself, and suggest other contact addresses to try.

Sent to	When	Status
Example Exchange (compliance team)	2026-10-20 09:14 UTC	Sent, you were copied
Tether (compliance team)	2026-10-20 09:14 UTC	Sent, you were copied

To: Tether

Urgent: request to freeze funds taken by theft or fraud – Tron – CF-5A3B1E00

Date: 2026-10-20

Our reference: CF-5A3B1E00

Dear Tether Compliance Team,

I am writing to request the urgent freezing of digital assets that were stolen or obtained from me by fraud, and that are now within your control.

What happened

On 2026-10-14, funds were taken from my wallet TSAMPLEVictimxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Tron, in transaction sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001. I was contacted on a messaging app by someone offering a crypto trading account. I sent 12,000 USDT to the wallet they gave me to fund it. The website then stopped working and the contact blocked me.

The theft has been reported to Dubai Police (eCrime) under reference SAMPLE-2026-0001. A copy of the report can be provided on request, and the investigating authority may contact you directly.

The conduct described above may amount to criminal offences under the law of the United Arab Emirates, including under Federal Decree-Law No. 34 of 2021 on Combatting Rumours and Cybercrimes and the fraud provisions of Federal Decree-Law No. 31 of 2021 promulgating the Crimes and Penalties Law, as amended.

Where the funds went

A trace of the public Tron ledger, summarised in the annex, shows the funds moving from my wallet to the address below. Every transaction in the annex can be checked on a public block explorer (https://tronscan.org/#/transaction/).

Address	Amount received	Status at time of trace
TSAMPLEHeldxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	4,700 USDT	No onward movement seen

What I am asking

I request that Tether immediately freeze (block) the USDT held at the address above, so that it cannot be moved, pending investigation by the authorities. These funds are the proceeds of theft or fraud, and every hour they remain movable increases the risk that they are dissipated beyond recovery.
I request that Tether preserve all records relating to these addresses.
I ask that Tether liaise with Dubai Police (eCrime) (reference SAMPLE-2026-0001), and let me know at once if a request directly from that authority is needed to put the freeze in place.
Please confirm receipt of this letter and the action taken.

Time matters: the longer the funds stay movable, the less chance there is of recovering them. Thank you for treating this as urgent.

I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, the information in this letter is true.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Sample

alex.sample@example.com · +971 50 000 0000 · the United Arab Emirates

Annex: transactions in the trace

Data read from public Tron records via sample. Case CF-5A3B1E00.

Time	From	To	Amount	Transaction
2026-10-14 08:12:40 UTC	TSAMPLEVictimxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	TSAMPLEScammerxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	12,000 USDT	sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
2026-10-14 09:03:11 UTC	TSAMPLEScammerxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	TSAMPLESplitterxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	11,950 USDT	sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002
2026-10-14 11:49:05 UTC	TSAMPLESplitterxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	TSAMPLEHeldxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	4,700 USDT	sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004

To: Example Exchange

Urgent: request to hold funds taken by theft or fraud – Tron – CF-5A3B1E00

Date: 2026-10-20

Our reference: CF-5A3B1E00

Dear Example Exchange Compliance / Financial Crime Team,

I am writing to request the urgent freezing of digital assets that were stolen or obtained from me by fraud, and that are now within your control.

What happened

The theft has been reported to Dubai Police (eCrime) under reference SAMPLE-2026-0001. A copy of the report can be provided on request, and the investigating authority may contact you directly.

Where the funds went

Address	Amount received	Position in trace
TSAMPLEExchangeDepositxxxxxxxxxxxx	7,200 USDT	Hop 3

What I am asking

I request that Example Exchange immediately place a hold on the account or accounts credited from the deposit address above, and on any remaining balance from these deposits, pending investigation by the authorities.
I request that you preserve the account-holder records, login and IP history, and transaction records for those accounts.
I ask that you share that information with Dubai Police (eCrime) (reference SAMPLE-2026-0001) when they request it through the proper legal channel.
Please confirm receipt of this letter, the action taken, and your reference for it.

I do not ask you to disclose any account holder's personal information to me.

Time matters: the longer the funds stay movable, the less chance there is of recovering them. Thank you for treating this as urgent.

I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, the information in this letter is true.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Sample

alex.sample@example.com · +971 50 000 0000 · the United Arab Emirates

Annex: transactions in the trace

Data read from public Tron records via sample. Case CF-5A3B1E00.

Time	From	To	Amount	Transaction
2026-10-14 08:12:40 UTC	TSAMPLEVictimxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	TSAMPLEScammerxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	12,000 USDT	sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
2026-10-14 09:03:11 UTC	TSAMPLEScammerxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	TSAMPLESplitterxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	11,950 USDT	sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002
2026-10-14 11:47:52 UTC	TSAMPLESplitterxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	TSAMPLEExchangeDepositxxxxxxxxxxxx	7,200 USDT	sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003

Complete pack · part 3

Police report

Please note: our police report and evidence pack are designed to help you file a police or criminal complaint, but every country and police force has its own procedure. Some may ask for their own forms, or may not accept a report prepared this way. Ask the police what they need, and use our report as the facts to give them.

The facts, ready to paste into a police form or hand over at a police station:

Cryptocurrency fraud: summary of the payment and where the money went

I was contacted on a messaging app by someone offering a crypto trading account. I sent 12,000 USDT to the wallet they gave me to fund it. The website then stopped working and the contact blocked me.

Blockchain: Tron
My wallet address: TSAMPLEVictimxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Payment: 12,000 USDT sent on 2026-10-14 08:12:40 UTC
Sent to: TSAMPLEScammerxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Transaction ID: sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Check it here: https://tronscan.org/#/transaction/sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Total I lost: 12,000 USDT

Where the money went (traced on the public blockchain):
- 4,700 USDT reached TSAMPLEHeldxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, which Tether can freeze.
- 7,200 USDT reached TSAMPLEExchangeDepositxxxxxxxxxxxx, which Example Exchange can freeze (exchange deposit address).

I am asking Tether and Example Exchange to freeze these funds and they may need a request from the police.

Full trace and evidence pack: https://chainfreeze.com/cases/sample/evidence

Letter you can give the police, asking them to request the freezes

Theft or fraud involving digital assets: trace of funds and request for freeze orders – Tron – CF-5A3B1E00

Date: 2026-10-20

Your reference: SAMPLE-2026-0001 · Our reference: CF-5A3B1E00

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to report that my digital assets were stolen or obtained from me by fraud, to provide a trace of where the funds went, and to ask you to request that they be frozen.

What happened

Where the funds went

A trace of the public Tron ledger, summarised in the annex, shows the funds moving from my wallet to the addresses below. Every transaction in the annex can be checked on a public block explorer (https://tronscan.org/#/transaction/).

Address	Amount received	Status at time of trace
TSAMPLEHeldxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	4,700 USDT	No onward movement seen
TSAMPLEExchangeDepositxxxxxxxxxxxx	7,200 USDT	Deposit address at Example Exchange

Who can freeze the funds

The trace shows funds at, or passing through, Tether and Example Exchange. These organisations are able to freeze funds or accounts, and usually act fastest on a request from a law enforcement authority.

What I am asking

That you record this report and open an investigation.
That you send a freeze request to Tether and Example Exchange for the addresses above, as soon as possible.
That you request the account-holder and transaction records held by any exchange named above.

I have also written to Tether and Example Exchange directly, and I can provide copies of those letters.

Where these organisations take requests from law enforcement (to be confirmed on their websites):

Tether: Tether's information requests team, via https://tether.to

Time matters: the longer the funds stay movable, the less chance there is of recovering them. Thank you for treating this as urgent.

I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, the information in this letter is true.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Sample

alex.sample@example.com · +971 50 000 0000 · the United Arab Emirates

Annex: transactions in the trace

Data read from public Tron records via sample. Case CF-5A3B1E00.

Time	From	To	Amount	Transaction
2026-10-14 08:12:40 UTC	TSAMPLEVictimxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	TSAMPLEScammerxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	12,000 USDT	sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
2026-10-14 09:03:11 UTC	TSAMPLEScammerxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	TSAMPLESplitterxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	11,950 USDT	sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002
2026-10-14 11:47:52 UTC	TSAMPLESplitterxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	TSAMPLEExchangeDepositxxxxxxxxxxxx	7,200 USDT	sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003
2026-10-14 11:49:05 UTC	TSAMPLESplitterxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	TSAMPLEHeldxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	4,700 USDT	sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004

Complete pack · part 4

Evidence pack

Every transfer in the trail, each with its transaction ID so the police or an exchange can check it on the public blockchain.

Time (UTC)	From	To	Amount	Transaction ID
2026-10-14 08:12:40	`TSAMPLEVictimxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`	`TSAMPLEScammerxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`	12,000 USDT	`sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001`
2026-10-14 09:03:11	`TSAMPLEScammerxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`	`TSAMPLESplitterxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`	11,950 USDT	`sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002`
2026-10-14 11:47:52	`TSAMPLESplitterxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`	`TSAMPLEExchangeDepositxxxxxxxxxxxx`	7,200 USDT	`sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003`
2026-10-14 11:49:05	`TSAMPLESplitterxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`	`TSAMPLEHeldxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`	4,700 USDT	`sample0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004`