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🚫 BEB is pursuing a disabled KFC cook as a nominal director, while the organizers of the scheme with 558 companies remain without suspicion
The Bureau of Economic Security obtained a conviction for the nominal director Andriy Sosonny — a kitchen worker in the KFC chain who had hundreds of companies registered in his name. At the same time, the main investigation into the activities of one of these firms and the role of the real organizers is still ongoing without any suspects being charged.
Sosonny is a native of the village of Borshchiv in the Kyiv region, a group III disabled person, and the father of two young children. Before appearing in corporate documents, he worked in the KFC kitchen (LLC “HRG-Ukraine”). In August 2023 for a few hundred dollars he agreed to register LLC “TDM Trading” (now “Leicher”) in his name. The company previously belonged to Volyn entrepreneur Andriy Yaruchyk and was engaged in importing and wholesale trade of sheet glass.
In the documents Sosonny became director and owner, although in fact he did not manage the enterprise, did not sign financial documents, and did not understand what the firm did. He told investigators that he signed the papers at the notary in exchange for payment.
BEB became interested in the company almost immediately after the change of director. Detectives opened proceedings under part 2 of article 205-1 (forging documents for state registration) and part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (tax evasion on an especially large scale).
Materials concerning Sosonny himself were separated into a separate proceeding. In March the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv approved a plea agreement. Sosonny was found guilty of aiding the submission of knowingly false information for state registration (part 5 of article 27, part 2 of article 205-1 of the Criminal Code). He was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, suspended, with a probationary period and a one-year ban on engaging in entrepreneurial activity.
The verdict records that he acted on the instructions of “unidentified persons.” BEB reported that within this separate proceeding the role of other involved persons was not established.
The main proceeding regarding the financial and business activities of LLC “TDM Trading” continues to be investigated by the territorial office of BEB in the Lviv region. The investigation is examining the change of founders and management, non-payment of VAT, as well as the sale-purchase agreement for a share for 30 million UAH between Yaruchyk and Sosonny dated 7 August 2023 year. There are currently no suspicions in this case.
According to registries, Sosonny’s name is linked to 558 companies in various sectors — from fuel trade to supplying goods for government institutions.
The Ministry of Justice, in response to an inquiry, noted that an anomalous number of companies associated with one person is not included in the criteria for monitoring registration actions and is not grounds for refusing registration.
The situation raises questions about selective law-enforcement response: the nominal director, who admitted he signed documents for money, was held accountable, while the scheme’s organizers, the real beneficiaries, and the people who handled the funds currently remain outside suspicion.
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