The Security Service of Ukraine has become interested in the owners of the Rollton fast food brand in Ukraine. As the editorial team has discovered 368 mediaThe investigation is being conducted under Part 4 of Article 110-2 of the Criminal Code—financing actions to overthrow the government.
During the pre-trial investigation, it was established that Mareven Food Europe LLC, based in Bila Tserkva, operates in Ukraine as a food production and wholesaler with a capital of UAH 1,49 billion. The ultimate beneficial owner is Mareven Food Holdings Ltd., a company registered in the Republic of Cyprus. It was established that the offshore company was founded by the Cypriot investment company Orange Moon Investment Ltd., through the Cypriot company Future Generation Holdings Ltd. The director of Orange Moon Investment Ltd. is Russian citizen Leyla Beydiyeva, who is also the secretary of Mareven Food Holdings Limited.
An analysis of information contained in extracts from the Cyprus company registry further confirms that Beydiyeva is a citizen of the aggressor country. Mareven Food Holdings Ltd. operates in Russia and is the founder and ultimate beneficiary of the Russian company Mareven Food Central LLC (TIN 5077018948, OGRN 1065077007489, registered address: Serpukhov, Ivanovskoye village). According to available data, the actual financial and economic management of both companies is carried out by a Russian citizen.
It has been established that the intellectual property rights to the trademarks produced by Mareven Food Europe LLC, namely Rollton instant pasta, actually belong to the Russian Federation resident company Mareven Food Central LLC.
In addition, Mareven Food Holdings Ltd, Mareven Food Europe LLC and Mareven Food Central LLC use a common corporate website, namely: mareven.com, mareven.ua, mareven.ru.
According to available data, the Russian company Mareven Food Central LLC earned a profit of 19,5 billion rubles in 2021, which was used to pay taxes to the federal budget. This budget is then used to finance Russian government agencies, including the Russian Ministry of Defense, thereby effectively supporting Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.
In addition, it was established that from 2019 to the present, Mareven Food Europe LLC has concluded contracts with Mareven Food Central LLC for the supply of products manufactured in Ukraine to the Russian Federation and their sales in the aggressor country, contracts for the purchase of inventory items from the Russian Federation, and payments of funds in favor of the above-mentioned resident of the Russian Federation, including royalties for the introduction of the Russian trademark "Rollton" and funds in favor of Russian resident companies for the "Russian Italy" advertising videos.
What's wrong with Rollton?
Investigators believe the Ukrainian company and its founders are connected to Russian capital, and that proceeds from the sale of goods are channeled to residents of the Russian Federation and used to support Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.
At the same time, information has been received that officials of Mareven Food Europe, namely the director, are taking measures to prevent the blocking of assets and the withdrawal of capital outside of Ukraine, in order to avoid the effect of the laws "On Sanctions" and "On the Basic Principles of Compulsory Seizure of Property Rights of the Russian Federation and its Residents in Ukraine."
The SBU is investigating the actions of the owners of the Rollton brand, who are linked to Russians.
Specifically, on July 27, Mareven Food Europe changed its ultimate beneficial owner to the Cypriot company Jelmond LTD, whose founder is listed as Vietnamese citizen Tran Tuan Minh. The company's management's decisions are detrimental to Ukraine's national security. The court has already ordered the seizure of the plant. The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine is also investigating the ownership change.
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