This sounds ultra fishy, but it really is just for keeping a certain person from determining who is behind a company. I want to start a business with a business name, in any state, and not have my name publicly available.
Obviously, the state and federal governments would have to be able to track it down so that they made sure I paid taxes, and that's fine. I just don't want anyone to be able to go to a courthouse or government building and have public access to see that it's me who owns it.