The phrase "account held in the name of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the ownership of a bank account or similar financial account.
Example: "Please provide the details for the account held in the name of John Smith."
Alternatives: "account registered to" or "account owned by".
The money went into an account held in the name of the money transfer service, TransferWise.
The sale went through, according to court papers, and on Sept. 14, 2010, approximately $28 million was deposited into an account held in the name of Ms. Bautista.
His mother told him to write a "coded letter" to a Swiss lawyer in Zurich who was managing the account, held in the name of a Liechtenstein trust.
The indictment states that, in 1999, "Traffic caused $200,000 to be wired to a correspondent account at Barclays Bank in New York, for credit to an account held in the name of an entity controlled by Co-Conspirator #1 at Barclays Bank in the Cayman Islands".
Last week, a federal judge ordered the seizure of funds from a mobile currency exchange called Dwolla, belonging to an account held in the name of Mt. Gox aka Mutum Sigillum, LLC, (Latin for silent signals).
The US give another example, showing how "between July 2011 and April 2014, Coutts assisted a US client in transferring $33 million from an undeclared account held in the name of a Belize corporation to 11 other accounts at Coutts held in the names of nominee entities", giving the US taxman the slip.
The US indictment that charged 14 Fifa officials of 47 counts of racketeering and fraud had earlier alleged that Warner "laundered the funds through accounts held in the name of a large supermarket chain and affiliated investment company in Trinidad".
According to prosecutors, Mr. Marchi had secret arrangements with three unnamed floor brokers that were meant to benefit securities accounts held in the name of another, unidentified Christopher Frank official.
The wiretaps, along with the records of bank accounts held in the names of the shell companies, revealed a world of prostitutes catering to wealthy men.
The US authorities give examples, like the Coutts manager who "had three US clients with undeclared accounts held in the names of British Virgin Islands companies.
The account was held in the name of a Liechtenstein-registered company, represented by Mr Batliner who had been mandated by the common-law wife.
