Source Word
ghost shell company
Noun
US
(US,
economics)
A
company
that
was
properly
registered
with
a
cognizant
State
authority
and
may
have
an
associated
bank
account,
but
was
not
renewed
with
the
State
after
its
first
year.
These
companies
are
sold
with,
or
without
a
bank
account
intact
within
the
first
year
by
the
Registered
Agent
(RA)
to
third
parties
while
continuing
to
use
the
RA
address
as
the
business
address
thereby
enabling
the
third
party
to
operate
with
anonymity
during
and
beyond
the
first
year.
Japanese Meaning
米国の経済分野において、適法に州に登録され、初年度には銀行口座等が存在する場合もあるが、初年度以降に更新手続きが行われなかったため、登記代理人（RA）により初年度内に（銀行口座の有無にかかわらず）第三者に譲渡される。なお、譲渡後も依然として登録代理人の住所を事業所住所として利用することで、第三者は初年度以降も匿名で事業を行える会社のことを指す。
Sense（1）
(US,
economics)
A
company
that
was
properly
registered
with
a
cognizant
State
authority
and
may
have
an
associated
bank
account,
but
was
not
renewed
with
the
State
after
its
first
year.
These
companies
are
sold
with,
or
without
a
bank
account
intact
within
the
first
year
by
the
Registered
Agent
(RA)
to
third
parties
while
continuing
to
use
the
RA
address
as
the
business
address
thereby
enabling
the
third
party
to
operate
with
anonymity
during
and
beyond
the
first
year.
（ plural ）
