As a result of investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, one person has been detained, on the fact of deliberately evading particularly large amount of tax.

Investigation determined that, the accused person, who was the head of one of the companies and its actual owner, in order to receive illegal material benefit, in violation of the tax legislation, was systematically incorrectly declaring income, in which way he avoided the tax belonging to the state, the principal amount of which equals to GEL1 524 223.

Investigation is underway under the second part of Article 218 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 5 to 8 years.