Strohmannkonstellationen

English translation: strawman construction

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German term or phrase:Strohmannkonstellationen
English translation:strawman construction
Entered by: Kim Metzger

20:15 Mar 23, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Money laundering
German term or phrase: Strohmannkonstellationen
Context: Der gute Glaube des Grundbuchs birgt laut Bundesnotarkammer zudem ein Risiko für Strohmannkonstellationen, da diese wirksam über die Immobilie verfügen könnten.

In a document about money laundering and property.

I've found lots of references to this, but I can't seem to find a translation anywhere!
Johanna Clark
Spain
Local time: 11:44
strawman construction
Explanation:
Client identification requirements have been tightened. New requirements stipulate that client representatives that are natural persons must be authorised to act as representatives and must have their identities verified. In addition, institutions must be able to identify a “strawman construction” and must take appropriate measures to determine whether natural persons are acting on their own behalf or on behalf of third parties. https://www.debrauw.com/legalarticles/afm-adjusts-the-guidan...

whether or not a so-called strawman’s construction was utilized, is, as the Court of Appeals also specifically said during the hearing, completely irrelevant in the underlying case. One and other boils down to the fact that if Buncamper wanted, they could have put someone else to front for them; this is namely by itself not an illegal act; https://izlandbipbip.com/journaux/journaux-sint-maarten-sxm/...


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deliberately allowing a certain contractor using three (3) companies that are clearly linked to this contractor, possibly by means of so-called Strawman-constructions, to participate on various occasions in public tenders as if they were separate companies. The consequence thereof is that of the 19 projects realized in 2013, 13 were granted to in essence one and the same contractor https://smn-news.com/component/content/archive.html?year=201...
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 04:44
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2strawman construction
Kim Metzger
4 +1fronted operation
Chris Pr
3straw men/figureheads
Ramey Rieger (X)
3straw man arrangements
Michael Martin, MA
2nominee ('man-of-straw') scenarios
Adrian MM.
Summary of reference entries provided
Strohmann
philgoddard

  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
straw men/figureheads


Explanation:
The constellations can be rendered by the plural

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 43
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fronted operation


Explanation:
...where several parties are involved...

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"Es handelt sich um für ein konkretes Geschäft vorgeschobene Personen (englisch frontmen)..."
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strohmann

Chris Pr
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or front companies. I don't feel most people will know what a straw man is.
21 hrs
  -> Ditto, I find s-man a tad obscure also...

neutral  D. I. Verrelli: Or "front organisations"?
6 days
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
strawman construction


Explanation:
Client identification requirements have been tightened. New requirements stipulate that client representatives that are natural persons must be authorised to act as representatives and must have their identities verified. In addition, institutions must be able to identify a “strawman construction” and must take appropriate measures to determine whether natural persons are acting on their own behalf or on behalf of third parties. https://www.debrauw.com/legalarticles/afm-adjusts-the-guidan...

whether or not a so-called strawman’s construction was utilized, is, as the Court of Appeals also specifically said during the hearing, completely irrelevant in the underlying case. One and other boils down to the fact that if Buncamper wanted, they could have put someone else to front for them; this is namely by itself not an illegal act; https://izlandbipbip.com/journaux/journaux-sint-maarten-sxm/...


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Note added at 26 mins (2020-03-23 20:42:30 GMT)
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deliberately allowing a certain contractor using three (3) companies that are clearly linked to this contractor, possibly by means of so-called Strawman-constructions, to participate on various occasions in public tenders as if they were separate companies. The consequence thereof is that of the 19 projects realized in 2013, 13 were granted to in essence one and the same contractor https://smn-news.com/component/content/archive.html?year=201...

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 04:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 442
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agree  AllegroTrans
59 mins

agree  writeaway
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
straw man arrangements


Explanation:
US English: dummy or straw man arrangements (in the context of arguments, people also talk about 'straw man setups')

"According to the Federal Chamber of Notaries, the land register's good faith principle increases the risk of straw man arrangements, given that such individuals would exercise control over the property."

"Even for brick-and-mortar businesses, the Tenth Circuit's interpretation opens the door for straw-man arrangements involving multiple tiers of companies, so that the ultimate publisher has no direct involvement with the performer." https://www.justice.gov/archive/olp/pdf/082905_ltrs_transmit...

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 06:44
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 147
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
nominee ('man-of-straw') scenarios


Explanation:
Low confidence level to let the other answers shine.

Nominee is the only answer to score no votes in the weblink of Phil G. who has taught me something: namely a group (of individuals vs. companies?) for Konstellation vs. Konzern.

I was going to use the term of arrangements until I saw Michael M's answer.

Also, I thought the expression was not a strawman, but a man of straw, as in the title of the British TV serialisation of Heinrich Mann's Novel 'Der Untertan', played by Sir Derek Jacobi in his first major acting role on British TV almost half a century ago.




Example sentence(s):
  • A nominee agreement is a legal arrangement wherein the owner registers the property in the name of the nominee. While the nominee legally holds the property and all rights related to it, he does not hold any beneficial interest in the property.

    Reference: http://legalbeagle.com/7313518-nominee-agreement.html
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Reference comments


5 mins
Reference: Strohmann

Reference information:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german-to-english/management/19815...

Konstellation means group.

philgoddard
United States
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 205
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