Yes, sometimes. No, not because someone promised it on WhatsApp.
The honest answer is a mechanism, not a percentage. Coins at a KYC host can be locked. Coins already cashed out usually cannot.
When Bitcoin, ether or USDT still sits at an exchange, a Swiss civil court can freeze it if two things exist together: an injunction that venue will recognise, and a forensic report that ties your hash to a wallet that exchange hosts. Times of Switzerland, 30 August 2026.
FINMA does not retrieve retail Tether. UK APP reimbursement does not generally cover coins already sent to a wallet. A police number is not a freeze. Mixing and off-ramps that will not read a Swiss order end many files in the first week. We will say so.
Read how crypto recovery works, then report a case if you still have hashes.
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