Smart Company

The Russian Laundromat Exposed
Investigation

Smart Company, a Czech firm with Ukrainian and Latvian shareholders, appears to exist only on paper. Reporters visiting its listed address found no trace of the company, and office workers employed there have never heard of it.

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March 20th, 2017
Money Laundering Offshore Tax Havens

Smart Company, a Czech firm with Ukrainian and Latvian shareholders, appears to exist only on paper. Reporters visiting its listed address found no trace of the company, and office workers employed there have never heard of it.

The firm received $4,698,997 in a dozen transactions from two Laundromat shell companies, Drayscott Overseas and Tenby Services Ltd., in April and May of 2014.

The company could not be reached for comment.