Services
A focused suite of verification, transport, and protection capabilities. Engagements can be delivered as a complete concierge operation or as a discrete component of work you already have underway.
Currency Validation / Anti-Counterfeit Services
Our specialty is verification of U.S. Dollars, Euros, and British Pounds. Staff are trained to separate counterfeit notes from genuine currency through specialized instruction and advanced forensic equipment. A proprietary suite of detection tools is available for every verification requirement.
Before accepting cash or moving currency, authenticity should be established. Large oil, gemstone, foreign-exchange, and gold operations are frequent targets of counterfeiters. A single successful deception can erase an organization’s profit. We examine notes under normal light, backlight, ultraviolet, fluorescent, and infrared conditions, and inspect micro-imagery, security threads, and magnetic features. Serial numbers and images can be captured and recorded at more than 1,000 notes per minute. Full scanning and serial-number verification allows us to certify that the currency is genuine.
Gold Validation / Proxy Purchase Services
Many gold offerings—particularly in parts of Africa—are sophisticated frauds designed to take funds rather than deliver metal. Our specialists evaluate both the gold itself and the structure of the offering to determine whether an organization is being targeted.
As with counterfeit currency, a single bad purchase or advance-fee transfer can be decisive. Risks include advance-fee schemes, low-quality product, and alloyed bars. We authenticate gold at the mine, in the field, or in an office using portable handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) to determine purity and composition on the spot. We can also complete the purchase by proxy after on-site evaluation, so the transaction can close while you remain at your home office.
Currency, Gold & Physical Asset Transport
We provide armored and unarmored, overt and covert movement of physical currency and other assets. Options range from a large armed detail with armored vehicles to covert courier work with small teams and unmarked vehicles. Required posture varies by country and site and is set, with your input, after we assess the movement.
Private or commercial transport can be used depending on the threat picture and the weight and dimensions of the assets. Logistics and customs documentation can be prepared by us or built on paperwork you already hold. The engagement can be a full concierge service from a short outline of requirements, or a single specialized piece of a larger operation. Currency and gold verification is included on request at no additional cost.
Close Protection Details
Operatives are former members of the U.S. military Special Operations community, trained in personal security detail and escort work. Teams range from one or two operators to a 12-person detail and can be configured overtly (rifles and combat armor), covertly (sidearms and soft armor), or in plain clothes. Configuration follows the assessed threat.
These services are used for short-term operations in areas of regional instability, civil conflict, or elevated kidnapping risk. Across their careers, ArkLyte operators have protected dignitaries, corporate executives, celebrities, and media personnel in natural disasters, riots, revolutions, civil wars, conventional conflict, and narcotics-controlled territory. We do not provide long-term details or static site security.
Transport by Chartered Aircraft
We arrange charter aircraft into and out of most locations worldwide for specialized transport or protection requirements. This is often the practical option when moving physical currency or assets that commercial aviation will not accept.
The service can stand alone or form part of a ground escort or currency movement. Access to more than 220 aircraft allows us to match the platform to the requirement. Customs clearance, landing permits, and applicable flight authorizations can be arranged as part of the movement.
