 In June 2017, Veres was taken over by Lviv businessman Bohdan Kopytko who was suspected of having ties with organized crime, and who was known under the nickname "Kopyto".Kopytko also owns the Lviv refrigerating company "Limo" and became an honorary president of NK Veres Rivne.On 27 March 2018, Kopytko became the president of Veres after Oleksiy Khakhlyov resigned.