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Russia - In the Angara region, bootleggers were sentenced to a colony and payment of millions of damages

Russia (bbabo.net), - The Irkutsk Regional Court has sentenced a group of bootleggers who sold counterfeit alcohol worth six million rubles. Illegal activities were stopped by the joint efforts of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and the National Guard. Dozens of searches, nine examinations were carried out, the property of the accused was arrested, including three buildings, a plot of land and cars. This was reported to the local police today.

The criminal case involves four men who distributed unlabeled alcohol-containing products in the Irkutsk region. During the investigation, production workshops, warehouses with large batches of counterfeit products were found, and retail outlets were identified. Approximately five thousand liters of vodka, more than one and a half thousand liters of cognac, hundreds of liters of alcohol were confiscated.

Bootleggers provided bottles of questionable potion with labels reminiscent of the brands of official cognac manufacturers. Significant damage has been caused to trademark owners in this way.

The police specified that residents of the city of Nizhneudinsk were engaged in illegal activities. The organizer of the group fled from law enforcement officers, but after being put on the federal wanted list, he was detained in the capital of the region.

The defendants in the case were sentenced to different terms - from two and a half to four and a half years in prison - and a fine of one and a half million rubles. In addition, damages were recovered - 3.5 million rubles - in favor of trademark owners.

The verdict has not yet entered into force.

Russia - In the Angara region, bootleggers were sentenced to a colony and payment of millions of damages