Wallet trace — what the Professor maps:

• Initial deposit hashes to the TCP Markets receiving address at topcoremarket.com.
• Hop-by-hop forwarding wallets across the deposit chain, captured with chain-of-custody hashes.
• Cross-chain bridge events that move value into the chain where liquidity supports the eventual off-ramp.
• Obfuscation events through mixer contracts and privacy services.
• Centralised-exchange off-ramp wallets — the named counterparty that holds compliance leverage.

From the lectern — off-ramp identification:

• TCP Markets’s off-ramp endpoint, in this casefile, is the centralised exchange that holds compliance leverage — typically named in the packet alongside the deposit address.
• Chain-analytics datasets cross-reference the TCP Markets off-ramp wallet against historical laundering throughput.
• The TCP Markets packet is delivered to the off-ramp compliance desk in a format the desk’s reviewers act on.
• Escalation pathways for TCP Markets, where needed: IC3, the relevant state AG, and a civil-discovery overlay for KYC on the off-ramp wallet.

Pathway to recovery — what happens after the trail is mapped:

1. Casefile review on TCP Markets — reading the submission against the no-go list.
2. Trace mapping on TCP Markets — pathway documented to chain-of-custody standard.
3. Off-ramp naming on TCP Markets — exchange endpoint identified.
4. Packet filing on TCP Markets — to the named off-ramp, IC3, state AG; civil discovery overlay as applicable.
5. Documented follow-through on TCP Markets.

Reading-list — chains and exchanges in scope:

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

Lines the Professor will not cross:

• Recovery scammers do these things on TCP Markets; the Professor never does — request seed phrases.
• Recovery scammers do these things on TCP Markets; the Professor never does — request remote logins.
• Recovery scammers do these things on TCP Markets; the Professor never does — demand upfront cash.
• Recovery scammers do these things on TCP Markets; the Professor never does — guarantee a recovery.
• Recovery scammers do these things on TCP Markets; the Professor never does — call you unsolicited.