Piercing Corporate and Trust Veils
We expose the individuals and assets hidden behind corporate and trust structures when formal ownership is used to obscure control. With over 25 years of experience and more than 100,000 veils pierced, our work is relied upon in high-stakes litigation, enforcement, and asset recovery matters. When surface-level records fail, we deliver defensible, evidence-driven ownership intelligence that stands up to scrutiny.
Corporations and LLC Piercing
Corporate veils are legal structures—such as corporations, LLCs, and layered holding entities—designed to separate individuals from personal liability; however, when those structures are used to conceal true ownership, control, or asset movement, the veil can be pierced. Piercing a corporate veil involves demonstrating that an entity is not operating as a legitimate independent business but instead functions as the alter ego or instrumentality of the individual or controlling party behind it. Through forensic ownership reconstruction, control analysis, and document-driven investigation, we identify domination, commingling, sham governance, and asset shielding patterns that undermine entity separateness. Our work focuses on exposing who actually controls the entity and benefits from its assets, producing defensible findings that support litigation, judgment enforcement, and asset-recovery efforts.
Piercing Sham Trusts
Trust structures are commonly used to hold assets and separate legal ownership from control; however, when a trust is used to conceal beneficial ownership, evade obligations, or operate as an extension of an individual or related entity, the trust veil can be pierced. Piercing a trust involves demonstrating that the settlor, beneficiary, or trustee exercises actual dominion and control inconsistent with the trust’s stated purpose or formal structure. Through detailed trust analysis, control and benefit tracing, and document-based investigation, we identify patterns such as retained control, nominee trustees, improper distributions, and asset movement designed to defeat creditors or frustrate enforcement. Our work focuses on revealing who truly controls and benefits from trust-held assets, producing defensible findings suitable for litigation, enforcement, and asset-recovery matters.
Federal Asset Location & Seizure Support
Asset Analysts provides specialized asset-location and ownership-exposure services in support of United States federal government operations, including civil and criminal asset seizure matters. Our work focuses on identifying hidden, transferred, or intentionally obscured assets held through corporations, trusts, nominees, and layered ownership structures.
Drawing on more than 25 years of investigative experience, our team supports federal agencies by tracing beneficial ownership, reconstructing control networks, and documenting asset pathways used to conceal proceeds or frustrate enforcement actions. These services are routinely applied in matters involving fraud, financial crimes, forfeiture proceedings, and recovery of unlawfully held assets.
Our findings are evidence-driven, jurisdictionally aware, and structured to support lawful seizure, forfeiture, and enforcement actions in coordination with authorized government personnel and legal authorities.