On-chain reading — wallet flow for WS Group:

• Deposit confirmations from the claimant to WS Group’s receiving wallet at ws-group.info.
• 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 map — where the funds left the chain:

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

The Professor’s recovery note for WS Group:

1. Casefile review on WS Group — reading the submission against the no-go list.
2. Trace mapping on WS Group — pathway documented to chain-of-custody standard.
3. Off-ramp naming on WS Group — exchange endpoint identified.
4. Packet filing on WS Group — to the named off-ramp, IC3, state AG; civil discovery overlay as applicable.
5. Documented follow-through on WS Group.

What the casefile records — chains and counterparties:

• Chains in scope for WS Group — the chains that handle the volume of casefile activity in this segment (BTC, ETH, Tron, BSC, plus L2s).
• Off-ramps in scope for WS Group — named centralised exchanges with compliance leverage.
• Filings supported on WS Group — IC3, state AG, off-ramp desk, civil discovery as applicable.

What the Professor will never do — by policy:

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