What an IC3 complaint actually needs
The complaint form is short. The detail that makes one workable downstream is not in the form's length — it is in whether the identifiers, dates, and amounts are precise enough to act on.
What a complaint collects
Complainant identity and contact details, a description of the incident, the financial transaction detail — amounts, dates, methods, and the accounts or wallet addresses involved on both sides — and whatever is known about the subject: names, handles, phone numbers, email addresses, websites, and platforms used.
Where filings go thin
Dates recorded without a timezone. Addresses pasted without saying which chain they belong to, when the same string can be valid on several. Amounts stated in tokens with no valuation basis or in dollars with no rate or date. Narrative that describes the experience at length and never lists the transaction hashes. Each of those turns a specific report into one that has to be re-interviewed before it can be used.
What our document package supplies
A structured identifier list with the chain named for every address, the transaction hashes, first-seen timestamps in UTC, a dated timeline of the incident, an attachments manifest, and a verification URL for the record the package was drawn from. The package is a document the case owner reviews and submits; it is prepared for law-enforcement referral, and nothing is transmitted anywhere on the case owner's behalf.
No affiliation, and no claim to one
PEGTrace is not affiliated with, endorsed by, approved by, or connected to the FBI, IC3, or any law-enforcement agency. Filing is the complainant's own act, made on their own account. This page describes what the form collects and what our template supplies. It does not advise anyone whether to file, what to claim, or how to pursue a matter.
PEGTrace records and composes evidence. It does not recover funds, determine guilt, or replace an investigator. What a trace produces is a lead, not proof.
This page describes general practice and rules of evidence in plain terms. It is not legal advice, and PEGTrace does not practice law. Counsel decides what is filed, argued, or offered.
Learn about PEGTrace pilots for institutions, counsel, and law enforcement
PEGTrace is an evidence and case-management tool for financial institutions, legal counsel (plaintiff and defense), and law enforcement. These pages are public awareness resources. If you evaluate fraud tooling for an institution, a law firm, or an investigative unit, we would like to talk.