Law enforcers have revealed the facts of misappropriation of budgetary funds through fictitious employment of employees at the state-owned enterprise "Ukrainian Pharmaceutical Institute of Quality". According to the investigation, the scheme was organized by high-ranking officials together with representatives of the State Service of Ukraine for Medicines and Drug Control. Since 2019, the defendants have fictitiously registered people for work and accrued wages to them. According to preliminary estimates, the corruption scheme caused losses to the state by almost 2 million hryvnias.