Investigation note / 18.08.2026
Tracing assets across multiple wallets: an evidence-first approach
A practical overview of transaction mapping, evidence provenance and the legal decisions that follow.
Summary
A wallet trail is not a case. It is a set of records that may support one. This note sets out how we read those records before anyone is asked to act on them.
Context
Value can move through several addresses in minutes. Screenshots and explorer links arrive first. They are useful and incomplete. They do not, on their own, prove control, knowledge or a recoverable defendant.
Method
We map the transfers that can be shown, record the tools and timestamps used, and mark every hop that depends on an assumption. Exchange records, off-chain messages and the legal identity behind a cluster are treated as separate questions.
Legal options
The map then supports a decision: preserve, write a letter, apply for an order, or wait. The decision is legal. The map is evidence.
Limitations
Mixers, bridges, missing exchange data and shared addresses all limit what can be said. Those limits belong in the advice, not in a footnote after a hopeful conclusion.
Disclaimer
This note is general information about method. It is not advice on a specific matter and it does not describe a client result.