For crypto & Web3 companies

When a deepfake raises money in your name, every hour is someone's loss.

We remove deepfake endorsements, impostor Telegram channels, clone exchange domains, phishing dApps and fake token pages directed at crypto businesses. Counsel-led, evidence-first, confidential by design.

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Signed by Ihor Makushinsky · NDA-first · No call required to start

§ CASE FILE · CRYPTO & WEB3 Your crypto brand Counsel-led · evidence-first · confidential THREAT OUTCOME · BASIS Deepfake endorsement founder video · YouTube ads REMOVED EU 2019/790 Telegram impostor fake admins · “support” DMs REMOVED GDPR Art. 17 Clone exchange phishing domain · wallet drainer REMOVED DMCA §512 Fake token page impostor listing · fake airdrop DELISTED Berne Convention DEEPFAKE CAMPAIGN · 3 PLATFORMS First filing in 18 h · bulk in 14 days SHUT DOWN
The attack surfaceOne legal mechanism · every surface
Deepfake endorsementsFounder videos · fake AMAs · YouTube ads
Telegram impostorsClone channels · fake admins · “support” DMs
Clone & phishing domainsWallet drainers · fake exchanges · typosquats
Fake token pagesImpostor listings · fraudulent airdrops
App-store clonesFake wallet apps · Google Play · App Store
§ 02 · By the numbers
18hFirst filing in a deepfake matter
~85%Success rate on qualified filings
30+Jurisdictions under active practice
Operational partner

Lawyerd is a partner in Cloudflare’s Brand Protection programme with API-level access for takedown operations on Cloudflare-protected domains — which is where a large share of phishing and clone infrastructure sits. This is not a public-tier integration; it is a controlled-access channel for verified enforcement practitioners.

§ 03 · Why this matters

In crypto, impersonation is not a nuisance. It is theft in progress.

Every impostor channel, cloned exchange and deepfake AMA is actively converting your users’ trust into someone else’s wallet. Victims blame the brand they thought they were dealing with — and regulators, exchanges and banking partners read the resulting complaints as your compliance problem.

Platform abuse forms treat this as a queue. SaaS monitoring tools list the clones but cannot compel anyone to act. Big-law drafts one cease-and-desist while forty new mirrors go live. None of those tools match the volume or the speed of the attack.

What works is fast, lawful, documented removal under named statute — Berne Convention, EU Directive 2019/790, 17 U.S.C. §512, GDPR Article 17 where applicable — filed with the host, the registrar’s abuse channel, the platform’s legal channel and search engines in parallel. Filed by counsel. Reviewed before submission.

§ 04 · Our approach

Three constraints, held together.

Speed

Six-day median to removal.

From authorised takedown notice to confirmed removal or delisting. Active phishing reviewed daily; volume operations scale weekly.

Legality

Every removal under named statute.

Berne, EU 2019/790, DMCA Title 17 §512, GDPR Article 17. We do not pay for removal. We do not threaten. We file.

Discretion

Counsel-signed engagements.

Communications encrypted. NDA-first standard. No marketing material includes your name unless you explicitly authorise it.

§ 05 · A recent matter M / 01 · Anonymised

Deepfake-endorsement campaign shut down across three platforms.

A public figure’s likeness was used in AI-generated videos endorsing an investment scheme, seeded across YouTube ads, TikTok and a network of Telegram channels. We filed the first identity-misuse and copyright notices within 18 hours of intake and resolved the bulk of the network within 14 days, with the hosting and ad accounts behind it disabled.

Details abstracted · Method, not a guarantee — outcomes depend on facts and jurisdiction

First filing18 hours
Bulk resolution14 days
3Platforms: YouTube · TikTok · Telegram
Accounts disabledHosting and ad accounts behind the network
Ihor Makushinsky, senior counsel at Lawyerd
§ 06 · Counsel of record

Every engagement reviewed and signed by counsel.

Ihor Makushinsky
Senior counsel · in IP and compliance practice since 2014

Eight years as in-house IP specialist at Plarium (the studio behind RAID: Shadow Legends), then founded Lawyerd in 2021 to scale enforcement work. Mentor at Techstars; Entrepreneur in Residence at Temple University.

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§ 07 · Scope

We act on impersonation, infringement and unlawful content: someone using your brand, code, likeness or copyrighted material without authorisation. We do not remove regulator advisories, genuine user criticism or lawful journalism — and we decline engagements that ask us to.

Impersonation Infringement Unlawful use
§ 08 · Engagement

Three shapes the practice takes.

Engagement scoped after audit. Pricing discussed under NDA.

Starter

Reactive standing capacity.

Routine monitoring and reactive removal work. Monthly retainer. Suitable for projects with occasional impersonation exposure.

By appointment
Active

Continuous engagement.

For businesses under ongoing impersonation pressure across multiple platforms. Direct counsel access. Bi-weekly reporting.

By appointment
Crisis

Surge capacity.

For an active deepfake or phishing incident draining users right now. Daily reporting. Time-bounded engagement.

By appointment
§ Guides

Before you engage — read these

§ 09 · Begin

Request a 48-hour confidential audit.

We will surface 3–5 live attacks against your brand, signed by counsel, without obligation.

  • 01NDA-first — attach yours and we sign before we begin
  • 02No call required to start
NDA upload · optional

Reviewed personally by Ihor Makushinsky · Response within one business day