Because they open and close all the time. I've dealt with escrow companies where the owners had opened and closed multiple other escrow companies in a ten year span.

Thanks fro the response, that is really interesting. Is there a paper trail if they were to be investigated?

not every country has a concept of "subpoenaed" especially if it comes from the US veil.

That's fair - I suppose I should have mentioned just the US in my original comment.