Elite Bitcoin & Crypto Legal Counsel

In high-stakes crypto matters, precision and discretion are everything. We deliver sophisticated legal strategies for asset recovery, complex disputes, and regulatory compliance—empowering you to protect and reclaim what matters most.

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Focused Legal Help for Bitcoin and Crypto Matters

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency issues move fast and often involve a mix of technology, financial risk, platform policies, and legal complexity. Generic legal advice is often not enough.
We focus on matters involving:

  • Bitcoin asset recovery strategy

  • Cryptocurrency fraud and scam-related disputes

  • Exchange account freezes and withdrawal restrictions

  • Bitcoin transaction structuring

  • Crypto business compliance and risk controls

  • Money transmitter and regulatory issue analysis

  • Bitcoin estate and succession planning coordination

  • Crypto-related business and contract disputes

Our approach is practical, strategic, and tailored to the facts of each matter.

How We Help

Bitcoin Asset Recovery

When digital assets are lost through theft, fraud, or unauthorized transfers, early action matters. We help evaluate recovery pathways and preserve key evidence.

Crypto Fraud and Scam Disputes

Crypto scams may involve impersonation, fraud, or wallet compromise. We help assess legal options and guide proper documentation for review.

Crypto Exchange Disputes

If your account is frozen or withdrawals are restricted, we assess dispute pathways. We review communications and outline possible legal next steps.

Compliance and Regulatory Counsel

Crypto businesses face evolving AML, KYC, and licensing requirements. We help assess risks and build a stronger compliance posture.

Urgent Situations We Commonly Handle

If you are dealing with one of the situations below, it may be important to act quickly:

  • Stolen Bitcoin or unauthorized wallet transfers

  • Exchange accounts frozen without clear explanation

  • Suspended withdrawals or locked balances

  • Crypto fraud losses involving impersonation or deceptive schemes

  • Transaction disputes involving high-value transfers

  • Business compliance concerns related to AML, KYC, or licensing

  • Questions about protecting Bitcoin in an estate plan

In many crypto matters, the first steps taken in the first 24 to 72 hours can affect what options remain available later.

For Individuals, Investors, and Crypto Businesses

We work with a range of clients facing different types of Bitcoin and crypto-related legal challenges.

Compliance and Regulatory Counsel

If you have experienced a theft, scam, exchange issue, or other cryptocurrency-related dispute, we help you understand the legal landscape and the next steps worth considering.

Founders and
Startups

We advise emerging businesses on risk-sensitive issues involving compliance, operational controls, documentation, and legal structure.

Established Crypto Businesses

We assist with legal strategy around regulatory exposure, platform operations, business documentation, transaction review, and dispute prevention.

A Strategy-First Approach

Crypto matters require more than broad legal language. They require a careful review of the facts, the parties involved, the available evidence, the relevant platforms, and the practical realities of enforcement and recovery.
Our process is built around:

Understanding the exact problem

Identifying the most time sensitive issues

Assessing available legal pathways

Reviewing documents, communications, and transaction details

Clarifying risks, limitations, and next steps

We believe clients should receive direct, strategic guidance grounded in facts, not hype.

Why Clients Contact Bitcoin Lawyr

Clients come to us when they need legal clarity in situations involving money, technology, privacy, and time-sensitive decision-making.
These are serious matters, and they deserve serious legal analysis.

Is recovery still realistic in this situation?

What should I do first after a Bitcoin theft or scam?

What documents should I preserve?

What can be done when an exchange freezes my account?

How can digital assets be addressed in an estate plan?

Does my business need stronger crypto compliance controls?

What can be done when an exchange freezes my account?

How can digital assets be addressed in an estate plan?

Does my business need stronger crypto compliance controls?

✦ Meet Your Attorney

Subhan Tariq, Esq.

Federal Consumer Rights Attorney

Subhan Tariq, Esq. advises clients on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-related disputes, recovery strategy, compliance concerns, and transaction matters. Clients rely on clear legal thinking, careful issue spotting, and a practical understanding of the risks unique to digital assets.

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency matters often sit at the intersection of financial risk, evolving technology, and high-stakes legal consequences. That is why attorney credibility, clear communication, and subject-matter focus matter.

Overview

Profile

Subhan Tariq, Esq. is a distinguished federal consumer rights attorney based in Manhattan, NY, leading the fight for consumer protection with unwavering commitment to justice and integrity.

Honors & Recognition

Selected to the Super Lawyers 2023 Rising Stars List for dedication and standing as one of the most promising attorneys in the field.

Experience & Focus

Specializes in federal consumer protection laws like FCRA, FDCPA, and EFTA. Represented thousands of consumers facing identity theft, mixed credit files, and post-bankruptcy reporting errors.

Community Involvement

Raised in Flushing and Queens Village, contributing actively to civic life through nonprofit work and community engagement.

Education

Graduated magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and earned his J.D. from the University of Massachusetts School of Law.

Licensure

Licensed in New York and New Jersey, standing as a beacon for clients facing bad credit, debt harassment, and complex disputes.

Mission & Values

Blends empathy, strategic thinking, and decisive action, reflecting the firm’s dedication to excellence in consumer rights law.

Experience

  • Carrasco v. Bank Of America, 4:20cv5833 N.D.Cal
  • Bah v. Apple Inc., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22867
  • Ranginwala v. Citibank, N.A., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22942
  • Bah v. Apple Inc., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170203
  • Rice v. Resurgent Capital Servs., L.P., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20932
  • Khan v. Equifax Info. Servs., LLC, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100119
  • Azhar v. Blackrock Inc.,2026 NY Slip Op 31008(U) (Sup. Ct.)

Education

University of Massachusetts School of Law at Dartmouth (J.D. 2013; Dean's Fellow)

University of Massachusetts at Amherst (B.A. cum laude in Political Science, Sociology, and Economics, 2010)

Practice Areas

  • Fair Credit Reporting Act
  • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
  • Equal Credit Opportunity Act
  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act
  • Electronic Funds Transfer Act

Community

Mr. Tariq is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Queens County Bar Association, New York City Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association, and the National Association of Consumer Advocates.

He’s admitted in all federal District Courts in New York, and the Districts of New Jersey, Connecticut, and the Northern District of Texas.

Speaking Engagements

  • NACA Spring Training – May 2021
    “What to Do When an FCRA Case Comes in Your Door”
  • Consumer Rights Litigation Conference – Nov 2022, Seattle
    “How to Succeed in Mixed File Litigation and Avoid Common Pitfalls”
  • NACA Spring Training – May 2022, Phoenix
    “Using Technology to Run an Efficient FCRA Practice”
  • NACA Spring Training – May 2023, New Orleans
    “Trade-offs and Challenges: Managing a Firm Virtually vs. In-Person”
  • Intro to Consumer Law – Oct 2024, Orlando
    Co-Chair
  • NCLC & NACA 2024 Conference – Oct 2024, Orlando
    “AI in Your Law Firm”

Book a Confidential Consultation

If you are dealing with a Bitcoin or cryptocurrency legal issue, the first step is a focused review of the facts.

Whether your issue involves recovery, fraud, exchange restrictions, business compliance, or transaction structuring, we can help you evaluate your next step.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can stolen Bitcoin always be recovered?

No. Recovery depends on the facts, timing, available evidence, transaction flow, platform involvement, and jurisdictional realities. In some matters, legal action may help preserve or improve options, but outcomes can never be guaranteed.

What should I do first if I believe my Bitcoin was stolen?

Preserve all relevant evidence immediately. That may include wallet addresses, transaction IDs, screenshots, communications, exchange notices, emails, account logs, and any timeline of events. Acting quickly can be important.

Can you help with frozen exchange accounts?

Yes. We can assess the account issue, review platform communications, identify documentation gaps, and help determine what legal or strategic next steps may be available.

Do you guarantee recovery or results?

No. No attorney can ethically guarantee an outcome. Each matter depends on its own facts, available evidence, applicable law, third-party involvement, and timing.

Do you work with crypto businesses as well as individuals?

Yes. We assist both individuals and businesses with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency legal matters, including disputes, structuring, and compliance-related issues.

Can you help with matters outside New York?

That depends on the nature of the issue, the jurisdiction involved, and whether local counsel coordination is needed. Contact us for a confidential intake so we can assess the matter.

Strategic legal guidance for Bitcoin recovery, disputes, compliance, and digital asset protection.

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