Asset tracing — traditional & on-chain
Real estate, financial accounts, business interests, vehicles, vessels, judgments, and liens tied to a named subject — paired with on-chain cryptocurrency tracing where the trail leads.
For Fraud Examiners
The investigations firm for CFEs.
OnTrial supports Certified Fraud Examiners, forensic accountants, and fraud recovery counsel with asset tracing, cryptocurrency blockchain attribution, shell company unwinding, background workups, lifestyle documentation, and expert-witness-ready report preparation.
For embezzlement, Ponzi recovery, AML investigation, and any matter where the money has to be followed wherever it went.
The work
Follow the money. Document the trail.
Shell company unwinding
Beneficial-ownership mapping through layered structures. Identification of the natural persons behind nominee directors, mailbox companies, and offshore vehicles used to obscure asset ownership.
Subject & counterparty background
Identity, criminal, civil, prior bankruptcy, prior fraud, regulatory and adverse-media history on a named subject — for fraud claim development and litigation support.
Lifestyle inconsistent with reported income
Pattern-of-life and social-media documentation of the subject's actual lifestyle — used to develop unreported-income and source-of-wealth analyses for fraud claims and recovery actions.
Subject location & surveillance
Locating subjects who have moved or gone dark — paired with sub rosa surveillance when the matter requires documented contemporaneous activity.
Expert-witness-ready documentation
Every finding is sourced, timestamped, and chain-of-custody documented. Reports are prepared in a form that supports expert testimony, deposition, and trial use.
Typical engagements
The matters OnTrial supports.
- Embezzlement asset recovery investigation
- Cryptocurrency fraud asset tracing
- Ponzi scheme victim recovery support
- Shell company and nominee unwinding
- Source-of-wealth and unreported-income analysis
- Forensic accounting investigation support
- Expert witness testimony preparation
- Anti-money-laundering (AML) investigation support
The operating discipline
Defensible from intake through expert testimony.
Every internal role at OnTrial is held by a veteran of the U.S. military, federal law enforcement, or state / municipal law enforcement — by mandate. Every finding analyst-verified, every report chain-of-custody documented. SOC 2 aligned; FCRA, GLBA, and CCPA compliant. AI governance posture documented — see AI Governance and Data Security. Licensed and insured in Texas.
FAQ
For fraud examiners, specifically.
- Can OnTrial support a CFE-led fraud investigation?
- Yes. OnTrial supports Certified Fraud Examiners, forensic accountants, and recovery counsel with the investigative pipeline — asset tracing, background workups, beneficial-ownership mapping, lifestyle documentation, surveillance, and report preparation. Findings are sourced, timestamped, and chain-of-custody documented.
- Does OnTrial trace cryptocurrency in fraud recovery matters?
- Yes. Global CryptoScan identifies potential cryptocurrency-exchange and payment-app accounts linked to a named subject's known identifiers, and custom cryptocurrency tracing engagements follow funds on-chain — wallet attribution, transaction flows, sanctions exposure, and subpoena targeting. Used in fraud recovery, Ponzi-victim recovery, embezzlement matters, and AML investigation support.
- Can OnTrial unwind shell company and nominee structures?
- Yes. Level 2 — Enhanced Business Intelligence is a custom-scope engagement, quoted individually: discreet source inquiries, open-source digital analysis, beneficial-ownership and OFAC 50 Percent Rule analysis, ground-truth verification, and an intelligence briefing with dossier. The timeline is agreed at scoping. It covers beneficial-ownership mapping through layered structures, identifying the natural persons behind nominee directors and offshore vehicles. Defensible for litigation and regulator review.
- Does OnTrial support expert witness testimony preparation?
- Yes. Every finding is timestamped and sourced. Chain of custody is documented from intake through delivery. Reports are prepared to support deposition and trial testimony — whether the expert is testifying on the methodology, the findings, or the underlying records.
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