Reading the wallets — CDF casefile:

• Deposit transaction hashes from the claimant wallet to the CDF 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 — CDF casefile:

• On the CDF 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 CDF is run against chain-analytics datasets and the Professor’s own compliance feeds.
• A regulator-ready packet is delivered to the named counterparty — the CDF casefile is built to the off-ramp’s compliance standard.
• Where the off-ramp will not engage, CDF escalates to IC3, state AG, and civil-discovery overlay.

Filing pathway — the next step after the off-ramp is identified:

1. Casefile triage on CDF — the submission is read; a written assessment is delivered.
2. Forensic trace on CDF — every hop in the deposit pathway is captured and hashed.
3. Off-ramp identification — the CDF endpoint is named.
4. Recovery filing on CDF — packet delivered to IC3, state AG, off-ramp compliance, and civil discovery as applicable.
5. Continuing review of CDF — the Professor follows the casefile until next-step documentation exists.

Chains and off-ramps the Professor follows:

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

Boundaries on every CDF casefile — never crossed:

• Boundary on CDF — seed phrases are off-limits.
• Boundary on CDF — remote logins are off-limits.
• Boundary on CDF — upfront cash retainers are off-limits.
• Boundary on CDF — guaranteed-recovery promises are off-limits.
• Boundary on CDF — unsolicited outbound contact is off-limits.