Photo Max Wagner AG

Rebrand Chain

Entity Rename History

Overview

Photo Max Wagner AG is the earliest known name of the entity now operating as Corinth Investment Holdings AG (CHE-102.223.770). Registered on 24 March 1977, this was originally a photographic equipment company — a sector entirely unrelated to the investment advisory and corporate finance services that the entity would later claim to provide under the Corinth brand.

The significance of Photo Max Wagner AG extends beyond historical curiosity. The Corinth Group's own marketing website, cgoch.com, prominently claims the group was "founded in 1977" [cgoch.com, archived via Wayback Machine. This date corresponds to the registration of Photo Max Wagner AG, not to the founding of any investment advisory business. The Corinth brand, investment advisory activities, and the current management structure all date from approximately 2018-2019 — over four decades after the 1977 registration.

Presenting a 1977 founding date in marketing materials directed at potential investors and clients is, in the assessment of this investigation, questionable. A photographic equipment company registered in the late 1970s has no operational continuity with a 21st-century investment advisory entity beyond sharing the same Swiss commercial register number. This is a pattern noted across the network: pre-existing dormant companies are acquired specifically because they provide an appearance of corporate longevity.

The full rename chain for this entity is: Photo Max Wagner AG (1977) → Centra Investment AG → Corinth Investment Holdings AG (November 2019) [Zefix, CH, CHE-102.223.770. Each name change represents a complete departure from the entity's original purpose and, in the case of the final rename, a transition to the Corinth branding that is central to the alleged advance-fee operation described by multiple complainants.

Every Swiss AG in the Corinth network was a pre-existing company acquired and renamed. Mario Poltera Architekturburo AG (1979) became Corinth Management Services AG. Gabari SA became Corinth Investments AG. Raytrad AG became C-Software Solutions AG. The pattern of dormant company acquisition is consistent across all six Swiss entities, all of which share Stadtgartenweg 6, Chur as their registered address and Jurate Kairiene as sole signatory [Zefix, CH.

If you are researching the Corinth Group's claim of operating since 1977, this page provides the factual basis for evaluating that claim. The entity existed in 1977 — but not as an investment advisory business, and not under Corinth management.

Key Facts

• Registered 24 March 1977 as a photographic equipment company — no connection to investment advisory
• cgoch.com claims group 'founded in 1977' — refers to this dormant company registration, not Corinth founding
• Corinth branding, management, and investment activities date from 2018-2019, not 1977
• Renamed: Photo Max Wagner AG → Centra Investment AG → Corinth Investment Holdings AG (November 2019)
• Pattern: all 6 Swiss AGs were pre-existing dormant companies acquired and repurposed
• CHE-102.223.770 — same registration number throughout; registered address Stadtgartenweg 6, Chur

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