Trace summary — funds that left aextrade.com:

• Initial deposit hashes to the AEX Trade receiving address at aextrade.com.
• 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 reading — exchange counterparty for AEX Trade:

• AEX Trade off-ramps consistently to centralised exchanges — Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini appear less often than the offshore venues; the casefile names the actual endpoint.
• The AEX Trade off-ramp address is matched to known compliance feeds — the Professor’s standing dataset plus chain-analytics references.
• Compliance leverage is applied at the named counterparty for AEX Trade — the packet meets the off-ramp’s published compliance standard.
• When the AEX Trade off-ramp does not respond, escalation runs through IC3 (for US claimants), state AG, and (above a dollar threshold) civil-discovery overlay.

Pathway to recovery — what happens after the trail is mapped:

1. Read the AEX Trade submission — written go/no-go returned.
2. Map the AEX Trade wallet trail — every hop captured with chain-of-custody hashes.
3. Name the AEX Trade off-ramp — endpoint counterparty identified.
4. Build and file the AEX Trade recovery packet — to IC3, state AG, off-ramp compliance, civil-discovery overlay.
5. Stay on the AEX Trade file — until written next steps exist.

Reading-list — chains and exchanges in scope:

• Deposit-side chains in AEX Trade casefiles — typically the major chains (BTC, ETH) and the high-throughput stablecoin chains (Tron USDT, BSC USDT) — with bridge crossings noted.
• Off-ramps named in AEX Trade packets — centralised exchanges that accept regulator-grade compliance filings.
• Filing options on AEX Trade — IC3 (US), state AG, off-ramp compliance desk, civil-discovery KYC where the dollar value warrants it.

Lines we never cross — by published policy:

• Recovery scammers do these things on AEX Trade; the Professor never does — request seed phrases.
• Recovery scammers do these things on AEX Trade; the Professor never does — request remote logins.
• Recovery scammers do these things on AEX Trade; the Professor never does — demand upfront cash.
• Recovery scammers do these things on AEX Trade; the Professor never does — guarantee a recovery.
• Recovery scammers do these things on AEX Trade; the Professor never does — call you unsolicited.