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LANSING, March 20, 2024 ~ An audit of the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) has uncovered several issues that included improper liquor licenses, incorrect inventory records, and thousands of bottles of alcohol reported missing.
The shortcomings were outlined in a nearly 70-page review from the state’s Auditor General Doug Ringler, who concluded the MLCC was lacking in its oversight of the purchase and sale of spirits in Michigan. One of the most glaring findings in the audit, the MLCC’s inventory showed about 62,000 missing bottles of liquor and close to a million dollars reported missing from warehouses that distributors used to deliver booze in 2022.
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(CONTINUED) The problem, according to the report, stemmed from issues in the MLCC’s inventory control system, not theft. The MLCC blamed the problems on pandemic staffing issues, adding it has made, and will continue to make, more changes to the system to address the problems.
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