The annotation reads — wallet trace:

• Deposit confirmations from the claimant to Digital Equity’s receiving wallet at digital-equity.com.
• Forwarding-wallet pathway documented hop-by-hop with chain-of-custody hashes.
• Cross-chain bridge transactions where the operator routed value out of the deposit chain.
• Mixer or coin-join interactions, where applicable.
• Final off-ramp at a centralised exchange — the compliance counterparty named in the recovery filing.

The Professor’s off-ramp note:

• On the Digital Equity casefile, the off-ramp endpoint resolves to a centralised exchange — Bitfinex, MEXC, or Crypto.com seen often in this segment, with the larger venues routed through under stress.
• The off-ramp wallet for Digital Equity is run against chain-analytics datasets and the Professor’s own compliance feeds.
• A regulator-ready packet is delivered to the named counterparty — the Digital Equity casefile is built to the off-ramp’s compliance standard.
• Where the off-ramp will not engage, Digital Equity escalates to IC3, state AG, and civil-discovery overlay.

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

1. Submission triage — Digital Equity casefile reviewed against the no-go list, written reply within one business day.
2. Pathway trace — Digital Equity deposit and forwarding wallets captured.
3. Endpoint identification — Digital Equity off-ramp wallet named.
4. Filing — Digital Equity packet delivered to IC3, state AG, off-ramp compliance, civil discovery as needed.
5. Ongoing follow — Digital Equity stays on file until a documented next step is reached.

Chains and off-ramps the Professor follows:

• Chains tracked on Digital Equity — Bitcoin and Ethereum at the deposit side; Tron USDT-TRC20 and BSC at the consolidation side; bridges crossed where the operator chases liquidity.
• Off-ramps tracked on Digital Equity — named exchange counterparties with public compliance contacts.
• Filings supported on Digital Equity — IC3, state AG, off-ramp compliance, civil discovery — selected by the dollar value and the off-ramp’s responsiveness.

Lines we never cross — by published policy:

• Digital Equity policy — seed phrases are never requested.
• Digital Equity policy — remote-access logins are never requested.
• Digital Equity policy — no upfront cash retainer to scope.
• Digital Equity policy — no guaranteed-recovery language. None.
• Digital Equity policy — no unsolicited calls. The Professor responds in writing only.