Wallet trace — what the Professor maps:

• Initial deposit hashes to the Fidusinvestments receiving address at fidusinvestments.org.
• 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.

Off-ramp summary — Fidusinvestments casefile:

• Fidusinvestments’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 Fidusinvestments off-ramp wallet against historical laundering throughput.
• The Fidusinvestments packet is delivered to the off-ramp compliance desk in a format the desk’s reviewers act on.
• Escalation pathways for Fidusinvestments, where needed: IC3, the relevant state AG, and a civil-discovery overlay for KYC on the off-ramp wallet.

Recovery pathway — how this casefile moves toward filing:

1. Triage on Fidusinvestments — submission read against a no-go checklist, written go/no-go returned to the claimant inside one business day.
2. Trace on Fidusinvestments — deposit pathway mapped across chains, captured with chain-of-custody hashes.
3. Identify on Fidusinvestments — off-ramp endpoint matched to a named exchange counterparty.
4. File the Fidusinvestments 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 Fidusinvestments — the Professor stays on the casefile until a documented next step exists.

What the casefile records — chains and counterparties:

• Chains the Fidusinvestments casefile may touch — Bitcoin and Ethereum at the deposit side, Tron USDT-TRC20 in stablecoin pathways, BNB Smart Chain and the L2s (Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Base) where bridges link them.
• Off-ramps relevant to Fidusinvestments — the major venues including OKX, Bybit, Binance and KuCoin, plus the regional venues operators rotate through under regulatory stress.
• Filings the Fidusinvestments packet supports — IC3, the appropriate state attorney general, the off-ramp’s compliance desk, and a civil-discovery overlay where dollar value justifies it.

Lines we never cross — by published policy:

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