English Dictionary

ghost shell company

名詞

アメリカ英語

(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.

日本語の意味

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。

Auditors uncovered that the illicit funds were funneled through a ghost shell company created and sold within its first year so the real owners could remain anonymous.

監査人は、不正資金が設立後1年目に適切に州に登録されたもののその後州への更新を行わず、登記代行業者によって売却されたため実際の所有者が匿名のまま事業を行えるようになっていた企業を通じて流れていることを突き止めた。

意味（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.

ghost shell companies （ plural ）