Paint rep setup an account under my business name and is using it without my knowledge

1. Yes
2.yes. Illegal or should be and the rep should be fired and made to pay for any product charged to your account.
3.Never happened to me but I am sure it happens.

It surely would be nice to know both the "story" and your past experience in the painting industry. No one knows wth you're talking about. Or anything about your background in the industry.

Joe67 said:

It surely would be nice to know both the "story" and your past experience in the painting industry. No one knows wth you're talking about. Or anything about your background in the industry.

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No names or company will be used, however, years ago I allowed a rep to use my company as they started. A recent personal matter arose and I inquired with the paint company who led me to a local store. I inquired about my company account being used asking for records back to 2020.

If this is common practice in the industry, reps with companies in which to purchase paint at discounts for customers, why would they be in trouble.

If it's not official what benefit would they gain if they already get an account in which to do their job?

Sorry, but the way you have described what has been happening makes it tough to figure out what has been happening - at least for me. Not to come across as being an Ahole about it, but is it possible that English is your second language? If so, perhaps you could get a friend to help you compose your post so it would be easier for some of us to understand - and then we might be able to suggest a course of action.
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Why did you agree to it?
Does he owe past debt?
Has he kept current on all his payments?
Have you talked to him about it?
Did you think it was weird that he asked you to set up an account at the company he works at?

I'd remove him from the account immediately, no matter the answers to my questions.

the only problem could be if you ever get audited. the government will check where you buy your paint, and ask how much has been put on your account. it's how they watch for "cash" jobs.

but yeah...not cool

Although not familiar with rules in Canada, I suspect the person using the account is an unbanked status person and is probably paying the monthly account balances in cash which could implicate the account holder (you) for money laundering, at least in the US if aggregate payments over a 12 month period exceed $10,000.