Since 2007, DABC has sold $834 million in alcohol and adjusted physical inventory by more than $1.6 million. Auditors say they did not find any evidence of missing products, but they are concerned about the difference between recorded and observed inventory.
"Because DABC cannot accurately report or explain inventory variances, the agency cannot sufficiently track how much pilferage is occurring," the audit said.
Auditors also tested how accurately liquor stores are in receiving inventory by manipulating warehouse shipments of certain products. Only 63 percent of stores passed the test, according to the audit. Also, most of the state's 44 liquor stores did not conduct a physical inventory in 2011.
The audit also identified security breaches at the DABC warehouse. An auditor who was not known to warehouse workers walked in an open door and left with $200 worth of alcohol without being questioned.
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When a horse gets old and decrepit and unable to function, you humanely put him out of his misery. Clearly Ol' DABC has run his last race and is one broken down nag.
Chicago -style politics are deeply entrenched in the way things are done in Utah. The only difference is that over there, in my birthplace, the Democrats control the graft and corruption.
I want the new Utah slogan "Where's More..
you can still see lots of problems the riverton store has old men running the cash registers and they are not as good as the younger ones that used to do it. they are past 65 and might be getting double dippers pay. they are slow and lines form.