Could you have a company in your country, work at it for a year+, register another company in the US and then go via L-1A (managerial intracompany transfer) vis

Could you have a company in your country, work at it for a year+, register another company in the US and then go via L-1A (managerial intracompany transfer) visas? Wikipedia does say after all: "or which intend to open a new office in the United States while maintaining their home country interests"