Companies Act 2014 section 101

Personation of shareholder: offence

Section 101 makes it a serious criminal offence for any person to falsely and deceitfully impersonate the owner of a share or interest in a company.

• It is an offence to falsely impersonate a shareholder or owner of an interest in a company in order to obtain that share or interest.
• It is equally an offence to impersonate a shareholder in order to receive, or attempt to receive, money due to that shareholder.
• Voting at a company meeting while pretending to be the true and lawful owner of a share or interest also constitutes an offence.
• A person found guilty of any of these acts commits a category 2 offence, which carries significant penalties under the Companies Act 2014.