The Federation had no department dedicated solely to serving registered companies. All registered-company affairs were handled by the Social Services Bureau, the state Social Services Department, or the Federal Social Services Headquarters.
The Federal Social Services Headquarters was not open to the public. "Open for business" was a bit too... vulgar a way to put it. It simply was not a service department or office meant for ordinary citizens.
To register a company in Bu Peien, one went to the Bu Peien Social Services Bureau. To register a higher-level company, one had to register at the local State Office or department.
That was because every state had laws that differed in certain respects, so company registration was effectively divided into different levels.
Registration could be done at City Hall or through the State Government.
Since this era was still a long way from becoming information-based, most records were still kept on paper, and the originals were normally stored at the place of registration.
If another department needed to access them, it was generally given copies rather than the originals.
So investigating the actual registration status of several companies was not particularly difficult for the Duncan Family, which was now willing to spend more money to buy information.
Before long, the companies had all been investigated. Every one of them was the sort with no real business operations.
But it could not be said that these companies had done no work at all. Before this, they had engaged in some inconspicuous trades. Those trades... seemed to have some problems, but all of those problems fell within the limits permitted by Federal Law.
For example, during a certain period, they had sold batches of mineral resources priced conspicuously below or above market value to overseas companies.
That information had come from the