A “free pension review” is how it began for a retiree we will call Margaret. A confident caller from Maono Global Markets moved part of her drawdown into a “managed crypto portfolio” that turned out to be a wallet the operators controlled.
They spoke like people from a bank. I thought I was being responsible, not gambling my retirement. When the statements stopped, I was terrified. MTI Expert were calm, clear, and they recovered more than half of it through the bank.— Margaret H., Leeds, UK
The recovery
We reconstructed the full transfer chain, filed an authorised-push-payment reimbursement claim, reported the scheme to the regulator, and traced the converted Bitcoin. About 53% came back — a meaningful result, though a portion had already been moved offshore before tracing reached it.
If you are ever offered an unsolicited pension or investment review, treat it with suspicion. For more documented outcomes, see our case studies.