From the marginalia — the deposit pathway:

• Claimant deposit hashes — provided in the case submission and verified against the public ledger for PROMETHEUS IM.
• Forwarding wallets on the deposit chain — each hop documented with the forwarding tx hash and the consolidating wallet.
• Bridge events into chains where the operator can off-ramp at scale.
• Mixer or privacy-service interactions, where present, listed with the contract address and the deposit/withdraw side.
• Off-ramp endpoint — the centralised exchange deposit address holding the compliance lever.

Off-ramp reading — exchange counterparty for PROMETHEUS IM:

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

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

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

What we read in a PROMETHEUS IM casefile:

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

What is never asked of a claimant:

• On the PROMETHEUS IM casefile — never request a seed phrase. Ever.
• On the PROMETHEUS IM casefile — never request remote-access logins to a wallet or exchange.
• On the PROMETHEUS IM casefile — never demand an upfront cash retainer to scope the matter.
• On the PROMETHEUS IM casefile — never promise a guaranteed recovery. The trail does not promise one.
• On the PROMETHEUS IM casefile — never call the claimant unsolicited. Written-only.