As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, charged two persons on the fact of manufacturing and using forged tax documents as a group, damaging large amount of state property by deceit with prior agreement as a group and misappropriation of state budget funds by deceit. 

Investigation determined that the accused persons, in order to receive illegal material benefits, on behalf of the companies under their management, issued forged invoices and created fictitious assets a total of GEL 346 367 in the name of their own companies, of which GEL 337 144 forged assets were fully used to cover the existing tax obligations to the state budget. Meanwhile, the fictitious assets of GEL 9 223 were fraudulently appropriated by the accused.

Investigation is underway under the paragraph “a” of second part of Article 210, paragraph “a” of second part and paragraph “b” of third part of Article 185 and paragraph “b” of second part of Article 180 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 4 to 7 years.