The Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office is conducting procedural leadership in a criminal proceeding regarding the facts of smuggling goods, illegal use of trademarks, trade names, and qualified indications of the origin of goods, tax evasion, as well as legalization (money laundering) of income obtained through criminal means (Part 2 of Article 201-3, Part 1 of Article 212, Part 1 of Article 209, Part 2 of Article 229 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Law enforcement agencies uncovered and halted the activities of a group of individuals who were moving foreign-produced pharmaceuticals across the customs border of Ukraine without customs control. Subsequently, they sold these products through internet sites, illegally using the branding of one of the trademarks.

The organizer of the illegal activity is a resident of Khmelnytskyi. He involved six other residents of Khmelnytskyi region and one resident of Kirovohrad region in the "business." Each participant performed specific functions, including:

- organizing delivery and maintaining accounting;

- administering work processes;

- creating advertising integrations for web resources;

- making so-called "cold" calls;

- receiving parcels with pharmaceuticals from India and Turkey and their subsequent forwarding to the city of Khmelnytskyi.

As a result of 17 authorized searches conducted in the residences of the suspects and in a rented office space, 40 types of dietary supplements, over 360 packages of pharmaceuticals, including those not registered in Ukraine, vehicles, mobile phones, and handwritten notes were seized.

The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by investigators of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Khmelnytskyi region with operational support from the Cybercrime Prevention Department of the Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine.