More than $500 thousand in criminal income: KGC announced details of the case of expired express tests

September 11, Minsk . More than $500 thousand in criminal income was received by those involved in a high-profile case involving the sale of expired rapid tests used to determine the quality of Milk. This information was announced on air on the TV channel, BELTA reports.

During operational search activities, IT was established that a private enterprise, which was registered in the Minsk region, had leftover expired tests. The company's managers did not dispose of them in accordance with the requirements of Belarusian legislation, but came up with an illegal sales scheme.

In order not to lose profits, businessmen ordered one of the Minsk printing houses to print new labels and certificates for products, changing the expiration dates. Thus, expired tests only on paper became usable again and were sold for sale at a trade premium of up to 300%.

The geography of defrauded buyers extended beyond the borders of Belarus, including enterprises from Russia. It was there, according to KGC , that the main profits of businessmen settled. They sold most of their products through their controlled companies in a neighboring country, trying to avoid paying taxes at home. This issue is now being carefully studied by the financial police .

As Anna Solodkaya, the leading state inspector of the Soligorsk Interdistrict State Control Committee, noted, thanks to the intervention of the KGC, the supply of expired tests to the enterprises of the republic was promptly stopped. The Committee calculated the damage caused to state-owned enterprises as a result of the sale of expired products. The damage has been compensated.

During a search at the company's office, the financial police found and seized more than $500 thousand in criminal income. As the KGC clarified, merchants deceived fifty of their clients, and this is only in Belarus. All delivered tests have already been withdrawn from use.

A criminal case has been opened against the Director and three managers of the company; they face up to 10 years in prison. All four defendants are awaiting the end of the investigation under recognizance not to leave the place; they give confessions.