In January 2017, employees of the Zaporozhye Oblast Prosecutor's Office searched 22 shops of the Apple Inc trading company during a search of one of the shops in Zaporozhye. »Models« iPhone 6 »,« iPhone 6s »and« iPhone 7 ».

When checking the circumstances of the import of these smartphones into the customs territory of Ukraine, information was received from the official importers of Apple Inc.. ", According to which these phones were not intended for sale in Ukraine. Also, there was no evidence of customs clearance of these smartphones by one of the customs of GFS of Ukraine.

In relation to the owner of a trading bench, a case has been filed about the violation of customs regulations on the grounds foreseen by Art..

484 TC of Ukraine on the fact of storage of these smartphones imported into the customs territory of Ukraine outside of customs control or with concealment from customs control. The preliminary cost of the goods is 226 thousand. UAH. Smartphones were confiscated by the Zaporozhye customs of the GFS until the court made a decision.

Sanction st. 484 of the LC of Ukraine provides for the imposition on the offender of administrative checks in the form of a fine in the amount of 100 percent of the value of the offense subjects or their confiscation.