The annotation reads — wallet trace:

• Deposit transaction hashes from the claimant wallet to the TradeZoom platform receiving address.
• Forwarding wallets the platform consolidated through — typically two to four hops on the deposit chain (BTC / ETH / USDT-TRC20 / BSC / Polygon / Arbitrum / Optimism / Avalanche).
• Bridge crossings between chains, where the operator moves value into a chain with deeper liquidity ahead of the off-ramp.
• Mixer interactions — Tornado-Cash variants, Sinbad, and the smaller obfuscation services that operators rotate through under regulatory pressure.
• Final off-ramp wallet — the centralised exchange deposit address that received the consolidated funds.

Off-ramp summary — TradeZoom casefile:

• TradeZoom off-ramps consistently to centralised exchanges — Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini appear less often than the offshore venues; the casefile names the actual endpoint.
• The TradeZoom off-ramp address is matched to known compliance feeds — the Professor’s standing dataset plus chain-analytics references.
• Compliance leverage is applied at the named counterparty for TradeZoom — the packet meets the off-ramp’s published compliance standard.
• When the TradeZoom off-ramp does not respond, escalation runs through IC3 (for US claimants), state AG, and (above a dollar threshold) civil-discovery overlay.

Recovery sequence — from on-chain reading to filed packet:

1. Triage on TradeZoom — submission read against a no-go checklist, written go/no-go returned to the claimant inside one business day.
2. Trace on TradeZoom — deposit pathway mapped across chains, captured with chain-of-custody hashes.
3. Identify on TradeZoom — off-ramp endpoint matched to a named exchange counterparty.
4. File the TradeZoom packet — IC3, state AG (where loss meets state thresholds), off-ramp compliance desk, and civil-discovery overlay where dollar value supports it.
5. Follow-through on TradeZoom — the Professor stays on the casefile until a documented next step exists.

What the Professor tracks across TradeZoom casefiles:

• Chains the Professor reads for TradeZoom casefiles — BTC, ETH, Tron USDT, BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, plus the cross-chain bridges that link them.
• Off-ramps named in TradeZoom — major centralised venues with compliance desks that accept regulator-grade packets.
• Filing pathways available on TradeZoom — IC3 for US claimants, state AG offices, off-ramp compliance, and civil-discovery overlay for high-value loss.

Lines we never cross — by published policy:

• Hard line on TradeZoom — no seed-phrase requests, period.
• Hard line on TradeZoom — no remote logins requested.
• Hard line on TradeZoom — no upfront cash retainer.
• Hard line on TradeZoom — no guarantee language.
• Hard line on TradeZoom — no unsolicited phone outreach.