From the marginalia — the deposit pathway:

• Deposit confirmations from the claimant to Vlado’s receiving wallet at vladobrokers.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.

Off-ramp reading — exchange counterparty for Vlado:

• Off-ramp endpoint for Vlado resolves to a named centralised counterparty — the venue varies casefile to casefile, but the resolution always names a real exchange wallet.
• Vlado’s off-ramp address is matched against the Professor’s compliance feed and against external chain-analytics datasets.
• The compliance packet for Vlado is structured the way an off-ramp compliance reviewer expects to receive evidence — header, hashes, narrative, ask.
• If the Vlado off-ramp counterparty does not respond inside the published window, escalation routes through IC3, state AG, and civil discovery.

Recovery pathway — how this casefile moves toward filing:

1. First read on Vlado — incoming submission is reviewed against the no-go list and a written go/no-go is returned in writing.
2. Wallet trace on Vlado — deposit-to-off-ramp pathway is mapped across chains with verifiable hashes.
3. Counterparty identification — the off-ramp endpoint for Vlado is named to a centralised exchange wallet.
4. Packet filing on Vlado — IC3, state AG, off-ramp compliance desk; civil discovery if dollar value justifies it.
5. Casefile follow-through — the Professor stays with Vlado until a documented outcome or escalation step is on file.

Reading-list — chains and exchanges in scope:

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

Lines the Professor will not cross:

• Hard line on Vlado — no seed-phrase requests, period.
• Hard line on Vlado — no remote logins requested.
• Hard line on Vlado — no upfront cash retainer.
• Hard line on Vlado — no guarantee language.
• Hard line on Vlado — no unsolicited phone outreach.