Employees of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine exposed a distributor of alcoholic beverages who allegedly supplied products with an estimated value of UAH 176 million.

It was established that for almost a year officials of the company which is registered in Lviv region, declared significant balances of alcoholic beverages in warehouses. However in fact the excisable goods have not been moved anywhere since November 2022.

Analysts of the ESBU sent letters of recommendation to the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Lviv region regarding the identified risks and the need for control and verification measures.

Based on the results of the inspection, the employees STS found that there were no alcoholic beverages in the excise warehouse and decided to revoke the license for wholesale trade in alcoholic beverages and add the company to the list of risky ones.

In addition, the analysts of the ESBU prevented the risk of "legalization" of counterfeit products in the retail market as the documents of non-existent balances could be used to sell counterfeit alcohol.