Asset Searches
Venture Risk’s investigators have conducted asset searches throughout the world. We have traced assets in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe, South America, and Asia. Clients come to us for assistance locating assets in matrimonial cases, commercial litigation, judgment recovery, and fraud cases.
From our experience, the most common hiding places for assets are the following:
| Under aliases | Safe deposit boxes |
| With relatives, friends, and partners | Offshore/foreign accounts |
| Home and commercial mortgages | Overpayments to IRS |
| Universal life insurance | Sweetheart lawsuits |
| Stockbroker accounts | Overpayments to credit cards |
| Dissolved corporations | Cars, yachts, aircraft, jewelry |
| Savings bonds, travelers and cashier’s checks |
Our experience has shown that most of the time hidden assets are liquid – for instance, in bank accounts, stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Other types of hidden assets include real property, vehicles or expensive art items. Less frequently, individuals try to move assets out of the reach of creditors, litigants or "enemies" by hiding these assets cleverly in such places as life insurance, annuities, offshore accounts, mortgage or credit card paydowns, or most commonly, by transferring assets to a spouse, friend or business entity. The most sophisticated asset-hiding schemes involve transfers to living- or offshore-trust accounts.
Venture Risk Investigations utilizes experienced professional local investigators who have the capability and know-how to secure evidence of hidden assets. Our investigators have been uncovering hidden assets for years and apply the most cost-effective means and methods for securing the necessary evidence or documentation in support of our clients’ claims for asset recovery.
