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    TargetEuroTech Solutions GmbH
    Transaction€45M acquisition
    StatusScreening in progress
    RiskAssessing
    ScreenVeritAI · M&A Deal Roomclassification: demo · deal #2024-DEU-047
    M&A and joint ventures · €14.90 per report

    Partner due diligence with a source URL behind every owner, for €14.90.

    A data room holds what the seller chose to put in it. The Deep Research Report rebuilds the target's owners, officers and related companies from public sources, gives every entity and every relationship its own source URL, and writes down the contradictions rather than resolving them quietly. It issues no verdict: your risk committee still signs, but it signs on something it can check line by line.

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    Deal-room dashboard

    p. 01 / 09

    Deal #2024-DEU-047 — a €45M acquisition, mid due diligence. Financial and legal are done. Compliance is where deals die.

    Entity — acquisition target
    NameEuroTech Solutions GmbH
    CountryGermany (DE)
    IndustryTechnology
    Employees~340
    Transaction — deal parameters
    TypeFull acquisition
    Value€45,000,000
    TimelineQ2 2026
    Ref#2024-DEU-047
    Due diligence — status
    40%
    Financial DDDone
    Legal reviewDone
    Sanctions screenPending
    UBO / PEP checkPending
    Adverse mediaPending
    Risk assessment
    Pending
    Assessment running

    Compliance screen in progress

    Compliance — Layer 1 sanctions

    p. 02 / 09

    The 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.

    Compliance check — Layer 1
    Passed
    🇺🇸OFAC SDNPass
    🇪🇺EU ConsolidatedPass
    🇺🇳UN Security CouncilPass
    🇬🇧UK HM TreasuryPass
    🇦🇺Australia DFATPass
    🇨🇭Switzerland SECOPass

    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 / 09

    Corporate 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.

    Ownership analysis — Layer 2
    Flagged
    🇩🇪EuroTech Solutions GmbH

    Germany

    Acquisition target
    🇨🇭TechHold AG

    Switzerland

    80% owner
    🇨🇾Meridian Investments Ltd

    Cyprus

    100% owner
    🇻🇬Eastern Capital BVI

    British Virgin Islands

    100% owner
    V. Sorokin

    UBO — PEP + connected to sanctioned entity

    100% beneficial owner

    PEP designation + indirect link to OFAC-designated entity

    Ownership graph — interactive view

    Fig. 03Ownership graph — EuroTech Solutions GmbH
    PEP + sanctions link
    Screened 2026-09-04 14:12 UTC8 names · 4 layers · DE → CH → CY → VGSnapshot 2026-09-04
    ClearReviewMatch / PEPverifiedunverified
    L0 · TargetClear

    EuroTech Solutions GmbH

    Company · DE · Munich

    HRB 198442

    CEO · owns 20%
    DirectorClear

    H. Becker

    Person · DE · Germany

    DOB 1974 · managing director since 2016

    Owns 80%
    L1 · HoldingClear

    TechHold AG

    Company · CH · Zug

    CHE-312.884.101

    Owns 100%
    L2 · HoldingReview

    Meridian Investments Ltd

    Company · CY · Nicosia

    HE 421903

    Nominee · unverified
    NomineeReview

    Nicosia Fiduciary Services Ltd

    Company · CY · Cyprus

    HE 388120 · registered shareholder

    Owns 100%
    L3 · HoldingReview

    Eastern Capital BVI Ltd

    Company · VG · Tortola

    Co. no. 2044871

    UBO 100%
    L4 · UBOPEP match

    V. Sorokin

    Person · RU · Russian Federation

    DOB 1966 · passport RU

    Director 2017–2021
    LinkedOFAC SDN

    Severnaya Logistika OOO

    Company · RU · St Petersburg

    OGRN ···9021

    Findings — ownership layer

    No.
    Finding · evidence · source · disposition
    01

    PEP — V. Sorokin, UBO (L4)

    Regional government office (RU) 2012–2019; family members and close associates screened.

    PEP register · 134 public sources

    Match · EDD
    02

    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

    Match
    03

    Structure — nominee at L2 unverified

    Meridian Investments Ltd: registered shareholder is a fiduciary; beneficial holder not filed.

    CY registry extract 2026-08-28

    Review
    04

    Sanctions & watchlists — 8 names

    0 candidates across 51 sanctions sources and 16 criminal watchlists.

    Point-in-time snapshot 2026-09-04

    No match
    Specimen · entities fictitiousDeep Research Report €14.90 · cited PDF

    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 / 09

    A politically exposed beneficial owner, indirectly linked to a sanctioned counterparty — the exact fact pattern behind the largest M&A compliance penalties on record.

    Alert — Layer 4Ownership chain — BVI entity

    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.

    Comparable enforcement actions

    Ericsson AB

    DOJ / FCPA · 2022

    $1.06B

    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

    €3.6B

    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 / 09

    Every risk dimension, scored and cited. Green where nothing matched, red where something did, and a source line under each.

    Risk assessment — RAG matrix
    High risk
    G

    Direct sanctions exposure

    Entity not on any active list

    No direct matches
    R

    PEP exposure

    V. Sorokin — Layer 4 beneficial owner

    UBO is PEP
    R

    Indirect sanctions linkage

    UBO linked to SDN-designated entity

    OFAC connection
    A

    Corporate structure opacity

    BVI / Cyprus holding structure

    4 offshore layers
    A

    Adverse media

    UBO association findings

    3 relevant hits
    R

    Overall deal risk

    Enhanced Due Diligence required

    High risk

    Deal recommendation

    p. 06 / 09

    We issue no verdict. This is a recommendation for the person who signs: proceed, with enhanced due diligence and the conditions below resolved first.

    Deal recommendation
    Proceed w/ EDD
    human review · hitl

    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.

    01

    Obtain full disclosure on V. Sorokin's current PEP status and designations

    02

    Conduct enhanced background on the BVI holding entity Eastern Capital

    03

    Verify the nature of the connection to the OFAC-designated counterparty

    04

    Consider restructuring the deal to exclude or ring-fence problematic ownership layers

    05

    Obtain a legal opinion on regulatory implications for the acquiring jurisdiction

    Full report generated in 6 min 12 sec · sources cited · deal-room ready

    From term sheet to a file the committee can audit

    p. 07 / 09

    Five steps. A Deep Research Report typically takes 15 to 30 minutes, and the last step is a human signature.

    1

    Name the counterparty

    Entity name and jurisdiction to start, in any script. Known principals and registration numbers narrow the candidate set.

    2

    Screen the lists

    Sanctions, 16 criminal and wanted-person watchlists and 750,000+ PEP records run in one pass at €0.39, deterministically, with no data sent to an AI model.

    3

    Commission the investigation

    The €14.90 Deep Research Report reconstructs owners, officers and related companies, cites a source URL per entity and per relationship, and reports where the sources disagree.

    4

    Take it to the risk committee

    Export the point-in-time PDF with the findings, the reasoning behind every candidate match and the dismissed candidates that were considered and rejected.

    5

    Re-screen after closing

    Saved counterparties are re-run on a schedule. Monitoring is included with monthly plans and is in Beta; scheduled runs bill at normal check rates.

    By the numbers

    p. 08 / 09

    €14.90

    Deep Research Report, published price, no platform fee

    ScreenVeritAI price list

    750,000+

    PEP records from 134 public sources, screened alongside sanctions

    ScreenVeritAI coverage register

    EU

    Hosted in Finland; data at rest never leaves the EU

    ScreenVeritAI infrastructure

    Partner due diligence questions

    p. 09 / 09
    01What does the €14.90 Deep Research Report actually produce?
    An investigation that maps owners, officers and related companies from public sources, with a source URL for every entity and every relationship. It reports contradictions between sources and issues no verdict. It typically takes 15 to 30 minutes and runs from the portal or the API.
    02When should partner due diligence run?
    Before anything binding is signed. Exposure found after closing turns into an investigation and an unwind; the same fact found before signing is a negotiating position.
    03What do we need to start on an M&A target or JV partner?
    The registered name and the jurisdiction. Known principals, board members and registration numbers narrow the candidate set and are not required to begin.
    04How deep does the ownership mapping go?
    It follows owners, officers and related companies as far as the public sources support, and every step carries the URL it came from. Registry detail varies by jurisdiction, so some cross-border structures still need an analyst; we say so rather than filling the gap with an assumption.
    05Is the output usable in a deal room?
    It exports as a point-in-time PDF that reproduces the diligence as it stood on the date it ran, with findings, reasoning, sources and the candidates that were dismissed. It is never recalculated when a list changes.
    06Do you screen criminal and wanted-person lists on the partner?
    Yes, 16 of them, on every check including the €0.39 one. Most vendors sell that domain separately or skip it, so a partner who cleared a sanctions screen elsewhere has not necessarily cleared a police register.
    07Can we screen several targets at once?
    Yes. Upload CSV or XLSX, or POST /api/v1/batch. Every row bills at the same per-check rate and keeps its own evidence PDF.
    08What happens after the deal closes?
    Saved counterparties can be re-screened on a schedule, and the platform reports what changed since the last run. Monitoring is included with monthly plans and is in Beta; scheduled runs bill at normal check rates.
    Key terms
    M&A Due Diligence
    The investigation run before a deal completes: sanctions, PEP, adverse media and beneficial ownership, alongside the financial and legal work.
    Joint Venture Compliance
    Screening a JV partner for sanctions exposure and political connection. A partner's exposure becomes yours the moment the venture is your venture.
    Third-Party Risk
    Compliance, financial and reputational exposure arriving through a counterparty. Regulators increasingly treat a partner's conduct as your problem to have prevented.
    Beneficial Ownership
    The natural persons who ultimately own or control an entity, usually at a 25% threshold of shares or voting rights.
    PEP (Politically Exposed Person)
    Someone holding a prominent public function. The status reaches family members and close associates, and it triggers enhanced scrutiny under anti-bribery rules.
    Sanctions Exposure
    The risk that a relationship creates a route to a sanctioned person, entity or jurisdiction even when the counterparty in front of you is not designated.
    Regulatory and industry sources
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    5. 05
      EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) 2024/1624

      Official Journal of the European Union

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