As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia detained Head of Limited Liability Company on the fact of carrying out illegal entrepreneurial activities and utilizing the mineral resources without a license, manufacturing forged tax documentation and damage of the property of owner by deceit.
The investigation revealed that in order to gain illicit material benefit, the accused person, together with accomplices, conducted sand and gravel mining works from the river Supsa, without having an appropriate license, later, fictitiously attributing those works to another Company’s activity, using forged tax documentation.
As a result of such activities, 15,775 cubic meters of sand and gravel were illegally extracted, environmental damage of which exceeded GEL 15,000.
An investigation is underway under the articles 185, 192, 210 and 299 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 4 to 7 years.