Fraud, misappropriation and counterparty disputes all share the same problem: value has moved, and the other side is not volunteering where. We trace it — following funds and assets through corporate structures and jurisdictions — to give your legal team something they can act on.
When a corporation faces fraud, a departing employee who has taken more than their personal effects, or a counterparty who owes a significant sum and cannot apparently be found to have anything, the gap between knowing something is wrong and being able to prove it is exactly where investigations stall. Umbragarde supports corporate clients with asset tracing that converts suspicion into a sourced, documented picture — following the movement of funds or assets through company structures, property holdings and connected parties, using open sources and lawful records throughout.
We take a confidential brief from in-house counsel or external solicitors and scope precisely to the question. We work from open sources, company registries, property records and corporate intelligence — never from intrusive methods — and corroborate every material finding before it is included in the output. Deliverables are clear, sourced and decision-ready: built for use by litigation counsel and, where relevant, in court. We never disclose a client or a matter.
Yes. We work alongside in-house legal and external counsel to trace where funds or assets have gone, document the trail from open sources and lawful records, and deliver findings in a form that supports disciplinary action, civil recovery proceedings or a criminal referral. The investigation remains confidential and does not alert the subject.
This is a common scenario. We investigate what the counterparty actually owns — property, corporate interests, accounts held through connected entities — and identify where value may have been moved. Our findings give enforcement counsel and the court a factual basis, rather than the debtor's own declarations.
One confidential message is enough. Tell us the matter — we scope it with you.
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