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What Is a Fraudulent Transfer Claim? U.S. Legal Guide
Discover what is a fraudulent transfer claim and how it helps recover assets from debtors. Learn your legal rights today!
Crypto Securities Law Risks: 2026 Compliance Guide
Explore the types of securities law risks crypto projects face in 2026. Our compliance guide helps you navigate regulatory challenges effectively.
What Is an SEC Litigation Release? A Clear Guide
Discover what an SEC litigation release is and its significance for businesses and investors. Stay informed on legal actions and transparency.
How is Stolen Crypto Tracked?
Cryptocurrency offers a decentralized and anonymous way to transfer funds, but that anonymity is often overstated. Sophisticated techniques are used
NFT legal issues: copyright, fraud, and recovery
Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm The NFT market has matured into a legal minefield. Major brands sue artists for trademark infringement. The SEC has issued Wells notices to NFT projects. Creators discover their work tokenized without consent on multiple marketplaces simultaneously. Investors lose millions to projects that turn

Crypto Compliance Guide for Businesses
The era of optional crypto compliance is over Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm In late 2025, the DOJ fined OKX over $500 million for anti-money laundering failures that included weak KYC checks and billions in suspicious transactions moving across the platform. FinCEN hit Paxful with a $3.5 million penalty

Crypto Fraud Recovery: Your Legal Options Explained
By Liam Murphy, Esq. | Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm You invested in what appeared to be a legitimate cryptocurrency opportunity. Maybe a trusted contact introduced you to a trading platform. Maybe you found a DeFi protocol promising strong yields. Maybe a new relationship led to what seemed

Crypto Fraud: The Complete Legal Guide
Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm Cryptocurrency fraud has grown into a crisis. According to Chainalysis, an estimated $17 billion was stolen through crypto scams and fraud in 2025, while the FBI’s 2024 Internet Crime Report documented $9.3 billion in crypto-related losses reported to the agency that year alone,

SEC Crypto Regulations Explained: What You Need to Know
By Liam Murphy, Esq. | Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm For years, the cryptocurrency industry operated under a cloud of regulatory uncertainty. The SEC refused to publish clear rules, choosing instead to regulate by enforcement. Crypto companies, investors, and developers were left guessing which tokens were securities, which

Pig Butchering Scams: How to Get Your Money Back
By Liam Murphy, Esq. | Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm A stranger sends you a text. Maybe it looks like a wrong number. Maybe it arrives through a dating app, LinkedIn, or Instagram. A friendly conversation starts. Over days and weeks, trust builds. Eventually, the topic shifts to

What To Do If You’ve Been Scammed With Cryptocurrency: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide
Cryptocurrency scams cost Americans billions of dollars every year. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, crypto-related fraud losses exceeded $9.3 billion in 2024 alone, a 66% increase over the prior year. If you have been scammed, the steps you take in the first hours and days can determine

Can You Sue a Crypto Scammer?
Your Legal Options for Recovering Stolen Cryptocurrency Murphy’s Law – The Crypto Law Firm The short answer is yes. You can sue a crypto scammer, and in many cases, civil litigation is the most effective tool victims have for recovering stolen digital assets. While the decentralized nature of cryptocurrency

The Complete Guide to Hiring a Crypto Lawyer
Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm The cryptocurrency industry moves fast. Regulations shift overnight, new scams emerge weekly, and billions of dollars in digital assets change hands without the legal protections that traditional finance takes for granted. If you own, trade, or build anything in the crypto space, the

How to Recover Stolen Cryptocurrency: Your Legal Options Explained by a Crypto Lawyer
Murphy’s Law – The Crypto Law Firm If you’ve lost cryptocurrency to a scam, hack, or fraud, you’re not alone. You’re not without options. The FBI reported that Americans lost $9.3 billion to crypto fraud in 2024, a staggering 66% increase from the previous year. Behind every statistic is