AEGIS VERITAS
AThe firm

Aegis Veritas unites financial forensics and cybersecurity. We recover assets and close the gaps they escape through.

Principle

Evidence over promises.

The recovery industry is full of promises. We chose the opposite: we tell clients the truth about the odds, work from evidence, and measure ourselves by funds actually returned.

01History
  1. 2014

    Founded in Zurich

    A former financial-police investigator and an ex-bank CISO unite forensics and cybersecurity under one roof.

  2. 2016

    London office

    First major matter, Operation Halcyon: €4.2M recovered through an acquirer chain.

  3. 2018

    Crypto forensics

    Launch of the practice and the Helix Trace engine after Project Lattice tracing 18.4 BTC.

  4. 2020

    Dubai office

    MENA practice and a cooperation framework with the private intelligence group Sentinel-9.

  5. 2022

    Cyber Defense division

    A dedicated division for banks and fintechs: AML chains and payment-gateway protection.

  6. 2025

    $187M recovered

    Cumulative recoveries pass $187M across 3,200+ matters in 41 jurisdictions.

02Team

Investigators, security engineers and lawyers who have worked both sides of financial crime.

HV

Hans-Erik Velter

Managing Partner

22 years in financial investigations, former Swiss financial-police investigator. Leads major asset-recovery mandates.

MS

Marit Sandberg

Head of Cyber Defense

Former CISO of a Nordic bank. Owns pentesting, platform and banking-chain protection.

DA

Daniyar Aitkozha

Head of Crypto Forensics

MSc Cambridge. Architect of the Helix Trace engine and cross-chain attribution.

OK

Olena Kravets

Senior Counsel

International arbitration and cross-border recovery. Leads the legal track of recoveries.

RK

Rafael Khoury

Head of MENA Practice

Runs Middle East matters: forex scams, e-money and engagement with local banks.

03Partners & accreditations

All partnerships are cooperative in nature. No third-party logos are used.

We operate within cooperation frameworks with law-enforcement and regulatory bodies across the EU, UK, UAE and CIS. Aegis Veritas is a private organisation and not a government authority.

Association

EFCRA

European Financial Crime Recovery Association — membership

Consortium

IARC

International Asset Recovery Consortium — affiliation

Intelligence

Sentinel-9

Private intelligence group — cooperation framework

KYC

Veridian KYC

Verification and compliance-data provider

Legal

Hartwell & Crane LLP

International partner legal network

Technology

Helix Trace

In-house blockchain analytics engine

04Offices
ZRH

Zurich

LDN

London

DXB

Dubai

AST

Astana

Evidence over promises.

Aegis Veritas unites financial forensics and cybersecurity. We recover assets and close the gaps they escape through.

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