I recently tried setting up an entirely new arrangement / company in the UK because I wanted to see if what's described here could still work.
To start, I contacted Fletcher Kennedy, who's mentioned in another thread. It seems like he runs a one-man operation, possibly even creating fake identities or inventing things for money. I asked him to set up a complete UK LTD with a “nominee director and shareholder” and help verify a PayPal and Wise account. My job was to handle all the practical details, while he was supposed to arrange for the nominees to complete the verification.
He somehow managed to create the company, but he totally dropped the ball on the PayPal and Wise verifications both rejected the documents!
Next, I tried a Stripe account, which got approved and is working fine so far. I had him do a Currenxie verification too, and that went through as well.
Everything is running at the moment, but I'm not entirely convinced he's using legitimate people. So, I found a homeless man and paid him a small fee for his ID and to do a video verification for me. He didn't mind; he felt he had nothing to lose anyway. I figured it was fair enough and even gave him an extra €500 to help him set the next fix. I replaced Fletche's nominees with this guy.
Now the setup's working with no questions asked; PayPal, Wise, Currenxie, and Stripe are all functional.
Writing this out in just a few minutes actually took a lot of effort, mainly because of how unsettling it felt to involve a homeless person. Was it inhumane of me? It's debatable, but I don't think so. The man has no real life to speak of, and he'll probably disappear from this world without anyone noticing anyway.