Comment Re:So much for any pretense of 'privacy' (Score 4, Informative) 43
Some US states sell incorporation with secret ownership.
The feds are trying to make that Illegal as well.
It is soon to be mandatory to register with the federal government to tell them who is REALLY behind your secret companies (Not just your secret companies.. all businesses registered with a state now have a new mandate that they register with the Feds the full information for EVERY party with a financial interest in every registered business entity).
Although there is currently a court challenge to the BOI registration. Outside the Alabama circuit it is still the law
On March 1, 2024, a federal district court in Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is unconstitutional. The CTA, which was enacted as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, requires businesses to report beneficial ownership information (BOI). The National Small Business Association (NSBA) and a small business owner filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the CTA's BOIR Rule. The court ruled that the CTA exceeds the Constitution's limits on the legislative branch and lacks a sufficient nexus to any enumerated power to be a necessary or proper means of achieving Congress' policy goals