The FCA's first full cryptoasset licences this week do not reach a clone of those firms. If you sent bitcoin to a lookalike URL, the authorised register will not pull it back. Action Fraud will log it. Civil process is a different machine.
Legitimate practices do not ask for money upfront, retainers in crypto, gift cards, or a tax to unlock funds. They do not ask for AnyDesk, TeamViewer, seed phrases, or private keys. Several practices told AXT News they are running waiting lists this month, which is a dull operational detail and a useful filter: a firm that can start tomorrow for anyone is often not doing court work. Recovery is never automatic. It depends on whether the coins can still be traced to an exchange or a wallet a court can reach, and on the facts of that client's file.
Where Swiss civil files still sit
When the operator is offshore, some UK clients use a Jura injunction path after Hong Kong-registered forensic analysts at aidataintelligence.io produces a map. A Swiss crypto-litigation practice described that path as slow and selective. It should sound slow. Fast is how the second scam is sold. See FCA's first full licences.