This reversal is even more exciting than on-chain tracking; voluntarily walking into a trap might be acceptable.

CoinWorld reports that on-chain investigator Zachxbt posted that an Indian user recently reached out to him for help, saying that 5.73 BTC (about $475,000) was “unfairly frozen” on Changelly in March 2025. After tracking the funds, Zachxbt found that the source can be traced to social-engineering theft targeting U.S. users, involving U.S. exchanges and Bitcoin ATMs. He said that, since 2025, a high-confidence theft cluster related to this has stolen more than $1 million from victims, including multiple elderly people. Zachxbt stated that the user’s claims about the source of the funds changed multiple times, and that he had previously reported the frozen funds to Indian authorities, which led to self-incrimination. He suspects the user is acting as a courier for his superior, “mr parveen,” and warned people not to use stolen funds to seek his help.