Locating hidden assets, undisclosed accounts, and concealed property for divorce litigation, judgment enforcement, fraud recovery, and probate. Bank account identification, real estate tracing, business interest mapping, and full financial profiles built lawfully and admissibly.
Asset recovery investigation is the practice of identifying where someone's money actually is — not where they say it is. A judgment debtor who claims to have nothing, a divorcing spouse who has quietly moved assets offshore, a partner who has been diverting funds, a fraudster who has restructured ownership behind shell entities — all of them leave traces. We find them.
Our asset recovery practice combines financial investigation, public records research, surveillance, and digital forensics to build a complete picture of a subject's holdings. Real estate, bank accounts, brokerage accounts, business interests, vehicles, vessels, aircraft, retirement accounts, cryptocurrency holdings, and offshore structures are all in scope.
We work directly with attorneys handling judgment collection, divorce and equitable distribution disputes, fraud recovery, probate matters, and pre-judgment freezing applications. Every report is built to evidentiary standards — admissible in court, defensible under cross-examination, and structured to support post-judgment collection or pre-trial freezing remedies.
Our asset recovery investigations identify and document the full range of asset categories — onshore, offshore, and digital — that a subject may hold directly or through controlled entities.
Identification of bank, credit union, and brokerage accounts held by the subject or affiliated entities. We work within lawful means — public records, court filings, payment trails — to identify financial institutions and account relationships.
Comprehensive real estate searches nationwide — deeds, mortgages, tax records, and corporate ownership. Including properties held in LLCs, trusts, family limited partnerships, and nominee names.
Mapping of business ownership, board positions, shareholder records, and operational control — including hidden interests held through layered entities, foreign holdings, and family members.
Title and registration searches for vehicles, vessels, and aircraft across U.S. and international registries. Particularly relevant in divorce, judgment, and fraud cases.
Identification of cryptocurrency holdings through digital forensics on subject devices (with lawful access), exchange subpoena targeting, and on-chain analysis where wallet addresses can be linked.
Identification of foreign holdings — bank accounts, real estate, and business interests held in offshore jurisdictions. Coordinated through our international investigator network.
A clear four-stage process from intake through final report. Updates throughout — no black-box investigations.
We confirm the legal basis for the investigation — judgment, pending litigation, probate authority, or fraud claim — and scope the asset categories most relevant to the recovery objective. Engagement is documented with attorney involvement where appropriate.
Public records, court filings, business filings, real estate records, UCC filings, and litigation history are exhaustively reviewed. This phase typically surfaces 60 to 80 percent of holdings on its own.
Where appropriate, we deploy surveillance, source human intelligence, work with the client's attorney on subpoena targeting, and conduct digital forensics on subject devices that have been lawfully obtained. Crypto and offshore holdings often require this phase.
Final report includes identified assets, evidentiary basis for each, valuation estimates, and recovery feasibility analysis. We coordinate with collection counsel, divorce counsel, or fraud recovery attorneys to support enforcement.
Asset investigation is one of the areas of private investigation most prone to legal and ethical risk. We do not buy bank records, hack accounts, or violate financial privacy law — and we have built a 45-year reputation on producing results without it.
A judgment debtor claims to have nothing. We map their actual holdings — bank accounts, real estate, business interests, vehicles — and produce a recovery roadmap for collection counsel.
A spouse has been moving assets in anticipation of dissolution — concealing accounts, undervaluing businesses, transferring property to family members, holding crypto. We identify and document for equitable distribution.
A business partner, advisor, or employee has misappropriated funds. We trace the flow of money, identify where it landed, and build the evidentiary record for civil recovery and criminal referral.
A deceased person's actual estate is larger than what was disclosed. We identify undisclosed accounts, real estate, and business interests for proper probate administration.
Before filing suit, plaintiffs need to know whether the defendant has assets worth pursuing. We produce a confidential asset profile so litigation strategy is informed by reality.
Subjects with holdings across the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America. We coordinate the investigation across jurisdictions with our international network.
A confidential intake call confirms the recovery objective, scopes the investigation, and produces firm pricing within 24 hours. Attorney engagement preferred but not required.
