Inheritance Money – Undiscovered & Unclaimed Assets [Free Video Guide]
Several hundred million to give out! Treasure hunters search for estates in the Swiss banking landscape
Let Caputo & Partners show you how forgotten, clandestine, unreported income accounts have been discovered through international inheritance money cases.
Did you have a death in the family? Have you found evidence of a Swiss bank account due to an inheritance? Have you discovered a key to a bank deposit box? Did you find an old notebook or diary that contains business-related notes? Have you found old flight tickets to Switzerland, business cards of bankers, attorneys or trustees? Then it could be that you are sitting on millions without even knowing it. I will show you how to find the currently unknown assets that are awaiting you in the future. During my more than 30 years as an attorney and a specialist in such matters, I have several times had the experience of having my clients change into multi-millionaires overnight. Let me show you how this works.
What happens to unclaimed money in Swiss banks
Despite popular opinion, it’s quite frequent that there is no communication between clients and their banks for a long time. If the bank was not able to contact the customer for at least 10 years, such an account becomes the status of a so-called dormant account.
Many clients are banking in Switzerland because of the highest level of client confidentiality. Clients who appreciate confidentiality have signed a so-called hold-mail agreement. Based on a hold-mail agreement, the bank will keep the correspondence with the bank. To increase the level of secrecy, the bank is not allowed to send letters to the client.
After 10 years without contact with the customer, the bank has to inform the Swiss Banking Ombudsman that they are managing a dormant account. They have to demonstrate reasonable efforts to restore contact with the client.
After 10 years without communication, the Swiss Banking Ombudsman will be responsible for dormant accounts. They can remain dormant for the next 50 years because the dormant accounts are not published. The publication will take place after being 50 years under the management by the Swiss Banking Ombudsman – and not before. If there is no successor who claims the assets, after 60 years, the assets go to the Swiss government.
If you are the legal successor of a dormant account you can start research with the Swiss Banking Ombudsman. Before starting the research, you have to demonstrate your title to the assets in the account, including safe deposit boxes. A safe deposit box is just an integrative part of the account relationship between the client and his bank.
If you think that you are entitled to access to the Swiss bank account after death of a family member, write us an email or give us a call. We will help you accessing unclaimed assets with the Swiss Banking Ombudsman.
The request has to be filed in writing with the Swiss Banking Ombudsman. We will support you during the entire Swiss bank account investigation procedure with the Swiss Banking Ombudsman.
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How can it be that there are thousands of bank accounts that contain millions in assets that are simply lying fallow? In many cases, it’s a matter of untaxed, clandestine, unreported income. Such unreported income is kept off the official company balance sheet and transferred to Switzerland. Cases involving bank accounts with unreported income almost always involve an agreement concerning with simple hold of mail at the bank. The correspondence remains in the bank. This specifies that the bank is not to send any mail to the actual address of the account holder. Such special agreements are entered into to make the work of tax investigators more difficult. These are also referred to as “poste restante” or “hold mail” agreements.
The hidden Secrets of Inheritance Money & Unclaimed Assets in Switzerland
In order to maintain maximum secrecy, nested offshore structures are used. This is why the account would not be in the name of one of your family members, but rather bear the name of an offshore company. Bank deposit boxes are also always managed with accounts in the name of offshore companies.
If the bank has not been able to contact its customer for 10 years, then this account is given the status “dormant account.” This status lasts for 50 years. The account is reported to the ombudsman, but continues to be managed by the bank in the interest of the customer. It is only after the passing of 60 years that the account is published on the Internet.
How do we research the existence of your bank account? What steps have to be taken to do so? If you have actually found the name of a bank, then you must contact this bank. However, the bank will not give you any information if you cannot provide identification that establishes you as a legitimate successor. The establishing of legitimacy takes place through Inheritance money documents that are based on the place of residence of the deceased.
I had a client who made a written inquiry to the suspected bank, as to whether or not a bank account in the name of his grandfather existed. Unfortunately, the bank responded in the negative, all because the client had formulated the request in an improper fashion. 12 years later, while working on another case, I discovered that there was indeed an account. And what an account! The bank account had a balance of 3.4 million CHF and was associated with a bank deposit box containing almost 4 kg of gold.
In another case, we discovered a bank account without money that had already been closed. After an analytical reconstruction of the old account movements, we found references to further accounts. We analysed a total of 400 account movements and created a list of unknown accounts. After additional intensive research, we had a total of 3 direct hits at 3 different banks. The first account only had a bank deposit box that contained a valuable coin collection. The second bank account was linked to property that was still being managed by the old trustees. The third bank account had a balance of 360,000 CHF.
The right Documents for fast Success! To get your Inheritance Money on your Bank Account!
Documents that have been collected often contain valuable information that is not immediately apparent to the untrained eye. Even the smallest detail can prove to be the most decisive reference to a direct hit. This is why it is so important that all the documents are analysed by an attorney specialising in this area. Success can occur quite rapidly if all of the important documents are available. The further back in time the facts of the case are, the likelier it is that the documentation will be less complete and the effort required will therefore be greater.
The documents often contain names of banks that no longer exist. Many banks were bought up, liquidated or merged. Based on my many years of experience, I am well acquainted with all bank names and their history.
Many customers ask me just how much time such investigations take. The more detailed and comprehensive that the documents submitted are, the faster we can provide you with an estimate of the time required.
It is only during the course of investigative work that the full complexity of the case is brought to the surface. Due to our many years of experience with offshore structures we are easily able to understand and gain an overview of them. Our outstanding network of international contacts lets us undertake comprehensive searches in the shortest possible period of time.
The strict laws in Switzerland ensure that a bank account cannot simply disappear. Even the bank account of Lenin was able to be found at the Zürcher Kantonalbank. Lenin opened his account before the beginning of World War I in Zurich. Thanks to strict Swiss banking laws this account survived both World War I and World War II.
If you think that a relative of yours has assets in Switzerland, then we’re the right partners to help you find this out. Don’t wait for years until the Swiss government finally collects your future assets. Just pick up your phone now and dial +41 44 212 44 04. Together we will devise the best strategy for you. May you be rich and stay rich! Have a wonderful day.
