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p. 01 / 09Deal #2024-DEU-047 — a €45M acquisition, mid due diligence. Financial and legal are done. Compliance is where deals die.
Compliance screen in progress
Compliance — Layer 1 sanctions
p. 02 / 09The surface check comes back empty: the entity name matches nothing across 51 sanctions sources. That is the easy part, and the part that lulls buyers into signing.
6 of 6 lists clear · no direct sanctions matches on entity name
Note: surface-level check only · ownership layer analysis pending
Ownership — Layer 2 tracing
p. 03 / 09Corporate layers exist to obscure control. Four jurisdictions later the person behind the target comes into view, and every step of that chain carries the source URL it came from.
Germany
Switzerland
Cyprus
British Virgin Islands
UBO — PEP + connected to sanctioned entity
PEP designation + indirect link to OFAC-designated entity
Ownership graph — interactive view
EuroTech Solutions GmbH
Company · DE · Munich
HRB 198442
H. Becker
Person · DE · Germany
DOB 1974 · managing director since 2016
TechHold AG
Company · CH · Zug
CHE-312.884.101
Meridian Investments Ltd
Company · CY · Nicosia
HE 421903
Nicosia Fiduciary Services Ltd
Company · CY · Cyprus
HE 388120 · registered shareholder
Eastern Capital BVI Ltd
Company · VG · Tortola
Co. no. 2044871
V. Sorokin
Person · RU · Russian Federation
DOB 1966 · passport RU
Severnaya Logistika OOO
Company · RU · St Petersburg
OGRN ···9021
EuroTech Solutions GmbH
Company · DE · Munich
HRB 198442
H. Becker
Person · DE · Germany
DOB 1974 · managing director since 2016
TechHold AG
Company · CH · Zug
CHE-312.884.101
Meridian Investments Ltd
Company · CY · Nicosia
HE 421903
Nicosia Fiduciary Services Ltd
Company · CY · Cyprus
HE 388120 · registered shareholder
Eastern Capital BVI Ltd
Company · VG · Tortola
Co. no. 2044871
V. Sorokin
Person · RU · Russian Federation
DOB 1966 · passport RU
Severnaya Logistika OOO
Company · RU · St Petersburg
OGRN ···9021
Findings — ownership layer
PEP — V. Sorokin, UBO (L4)
Regional government office (RU) 2012–2019; family members and close associates screened.
PEP register · 134 public sources
Sanctions link — former directorship
Director of Severnaya Logistika OOO 2017–2021; the company is OFAC SDN-designated. Indirect: no ownership link to the target.
OFAC SDN · RU corporate registry
Structure — nominee at L2 unverified
Meridian Investments Ltd: registered shareholder is a fiduciary; beneficial holder not filed.
CY registry extract 2026-08-28
Sanctions & watchlists — 8 names
0 candidates across 51 sanctions sources and 16 criminal watchlists.
Point-in-time snapshot 2026-09-04
Key finding
The beneficial owner, V. Sorokin, is identified as a Politically Exposed Person (PEP) and has an indirect connection to an entity designated under OFAC SDN. This finding does not appear in the surface-level entity check.
PEP alert & enforcement precedent
p. 04 / 09A politically exposed beneficial owner, indirectly linked to a sanctioned counterparty — the exact fact pattern behind the largest M&A compliance penalties on record.
PEP connection identified in ownership chain — V. Sorokin, Layer 4, BVI entity. Indirect exposure to OFAC SDN designated counterparty.
Risk classification: Enhanced Due Diligence required before transaction proceeds.
Ericsson AB
DOJ / FCPA · 2022
Third-party due diligence failure
Bribery through intermediaries with sanctioned-linked entities in Iraq. Compliance failures traceable to inadequate UBO screening of third-party agents.
Airbus SE
DOJ / SFO / PNF · 2020
Intermediary screening failure
Systematic use of business partners and intermediaries without adequate screening across multiple jurisdictions including Middle East and Asia.
Precedent → control
The same failure, against today's register
Ericsson
$1.06B · 2022
Failed to conduct adequate due diligence on third-party agents used in M&A-adjacent supply chain acquisitions. FCPA violations traced to partners in Djibouti, China, and Vietnam.
Screen every intermediary and its officers before the deal closes: 51 sanctions sources, 16 criminal watchlists and PEP on each name — Quick Check €0.39.
Airbus
€3.6B · 2020
Paid bribes through business partners and third-party consultants across 20 countries. Due diligence on intermediaries was either absent or deliberately circumvented during deal execution.
Map each partner's ownership and officer network and screen the parties it names — Deep Research Report €14.90, citation-backed PDF.
Risk assessment — RAG matrix
p. 05 / 09Every risk dimension, scored and cited. Green where nothing matched, red where something did, and a source line under each.
Direct sanctions exposure
Entity not on any active list
PEP exposure
V. Sorokin — Layer 4 beneficial owner
Indirect sanctions linkage
UBO linked to SDN-designated entity
Corporate structure opacity
BVI / Cyprus holding structure
Adverse media
UBO association findings
Overall deal risk
Enhanced Due Diligence required
Deal recommendation
p. 06 / 09We issue no verdict. This is a recommendation for the person who signs: proceed, with enhanced due diligence and the conditions below resolved first.
Transaction must not proceed without resolving the following conditions.
Risk analysis identified PEP exposure and indirect sanctions linkage at the UBO level. Financial and legal DD are complete. Compliance DD requires escalation.
Obtain full disclosure on V. Sorokin's current PEP status and designations
Conduct enhanced background on the BVI holding entity Eastern Capital
Verify the nature of the connection to the OFAC-designated counterparty
Consider restructuring the deal to exclude or ring-fence problematic ownership layers
Obtain a legal opinion on regulatory implications for the acquiring jurisdiction
Full report generated in 6 min 12 sec · sources cited · deal-room ready
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Tiefenrecherche-Screening
Die KI prüft Sanktionslisten, PEP-Datenbanken, Adverse Media in über 50 Sprachen und Handelsregister — und verfolgt dabei automatisch die Eigentümerketten.
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Laufendes Monitoring (Beta)
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By the numbers
p. 08 / 09Jede
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FAQ zur Partner-Sorgfaltsprüfung
p. 09 / 0901Wann sollten wir eine Partner-Sorgfaltsprüfung durchführen?
02Welche Angaben brauchen wir, um ein M&A-Ziel oder einen JV-Partner zu prüfen?
03Wie verfolgt ScreenVeritAI die Eigentümerstruktur durch komplexe Firmengeflechte?
04Deckt das Screening auch Tochtergesellschaften und verbundene Unternehmen ab?
05Wie ist das Nachweispaket für Deal Rooms und Vorstände aufbereitet?
06Was passiert nach dem Closing?
07Können wir mehrere M&A-Ziele oder Partner gleichzeitig prüfen?
08Wie hängt das mit FCPA- und UK-Bribery-Act-Compliance zusammen?
- 01US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) — Durchsetzung durch DOJ und SEC
US Department of Justice
- 02UK Bribery Act 2010 — Leitfaden für Unternehmen
UK Government Legislation
- 03OFAC-Leitfaden zu Fusionen, Übernahmen und Sanctions-Compliance
US Department of the Treasury, OFAC
- 04FATF-Leitfaden zu wirtschaftlichem Eigentum und Transparenz
Financial Action Task Force
- 05EU-Geldwäscheverordnung (AMLR) 2024/1624
Amtsblatt der Europäischen Union
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