Became a "director" of a company for 10 thousand UAH: nominal head of the enterprise exposed in Odesa

 In Odesa, a man will stand trial for agreeing to serve as the nominal founder and director of a limited liability company in exchange for a financial reward.

Detectives of the Territorial Office of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine in the Odesa region established that a 30-year-old Odesa resident registered an enterprise specializing in the export of agricultural products in his name for 10 thousand UAH. At the same time, he knew for a fact that he would not be able to manage it, conduct business activities, manage the company's funds, or perform the duties of a director.

To implement the scheme, the suspect handed over his personal data to individuals who prepared a package of documents with knowingly false information. The suspect signed them before a notary and submitted them for state registration of changes to the legal entity's information.

Subsequently, the details of the dummy enterprise were used to export agricultural products to the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, Georgia, and Moldova through the ports of Greater Odesa. At the same time, the nominal director did not actually manage the company or control its financial and economic activities.

During the investigation, detectives of the ESBU exposed the mechanism of using the dummy enterprise and stopped its operations. The illegal export scheme has been liquidated.

Based on the collected evidence, the man was notified of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 205-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (submitting knowingly false information into documents for state registration of a legal entity and submitting such documents by prior conspiracy of a group of persons).

An investigation is currently ongoing regarding other individuals involved in organizing and using the credentials of the specified enterprise in illegal activities.

Procedural oversight in the case is carried out by prosecutors of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office. According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime until their guilt is proven in accordance with the law and established by a court's verdict of conviction.