Wallet trace — what the Professor maps:

• Deposit transaction hashes from the claimant wallet to the ALTAIR 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 map — where the funds left the chain:

• ALTAIR casefiles end at a centralised exchange — Bybit, KuCoin, OKX, or Gate.io are common; the casefile names the actual deposit address that received the consolidated funds.
• Off-ramp wallet for ALTAIR is matched against compliance and chain-analytics datasets the Professor reads daily.
• Compliance leverage applied to the named off-ramp for ALTAIR — the packet is delivered in compliance-desk format.
• Non-cooperative off-ramps trigger IC3 + state-AG + civil-discovery escalation on the ALTAIR casefile.

The Professor’s recovery note for ALTAIR:

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

What the casefile records — chains and counterparties:

• Chains tracked on ALTAIR — 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 ALTAIR — named exchange counterparties with public compliance contacts.
• Filings supported on ALTAIR — 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:

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