Investigating & Recovering Hidden Money & Other Assets
Mr. Nathan Vardi is an associate editor at Forbes Magazine and his news beat is money laundering. His articles describe how drug dealers have sometimes used American Express, BankAtlantic, Union Bank of California / UnionBanCal and other U.S. financial institutions to launder money:
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In the recent past, bearer shares especially allowed for anonymous corporate ownership. A corporation that issued bearer shares had no central registry of the bearer share ownership. As a glossary from the The Financial Action Task Force explains, “[b]earer shares refers to negotiable instruments that accord ownership in a legal person to the person…
The information supplied by foreign financial investigators indicated the divorcing husband had hidden marital assets offshore. Evidence gathered during the divorce also suggested that the husband might have committed a tax fraud in hiding the marital assets.
To try to detect any additional assets hidden by the husband, I contacted Brian. Brian was a former…
During forced collection / attachment proceedings, the Debtor alleged that he could not pay the Creditor because of an arm’s length business loan from “Offshore Lender” in the millions. The Debtor further claimed that he had collateralized his business loan with mortgages, promissory notes and U.C.C. liens, on nearly all of his property.
Through subpoenas…