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Fast food worker becomes nominal owner of 538 companies

Andrey Sosonnyy, an employee of KFC from Kyiv Oblast, became the nominal owner of 538 companies that generated over 581 million UAH in revenue in 2025. According to the investigation, he did not manage these enterprises but merely agreed to register them in his name for a fee. In March 2026, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv found him guilty of aiding in the submission of false information in registration documents.

Covered by 2 of 6 media groups
  • Budget not in the collected reports
  • Public money not in the collected reports
  • Media business 1 source
  • Big capital not in the collected reports
  • Readers and grants not in the collected reports
  • Undisclosed 1 source

No newsrooms from these groups in the collected reports: budget, public money, big capital, readers and grants.

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Media business
  • Newsroom 1
50%1 item
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  • Newsroom 1
50%1 item

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Who the outlets write for
  • community 0
  • region 0
  • country 2
  • world 0
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  • Websites 2

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  • ТелеграфMedia business
    • first item
    • earliest
    • national desk

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  • ФразаUndisclosed
    • caught up, 11 h later
    • national desk

    Андрей Сосонный: обычный работник KFC... стал владельцем 538 компаний

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