As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, the representatives of the Investigation service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, detained two persons on the fact of producing and sale of forged documentation.

The investigation revealed that the accused persons, having a travel agency in Tbilisi, produced and sold various types of forged documents to interested persons.

The investigation exposed that accused persons have sold counterfeit birth and marriage certificates, bank and payroll statements as well as diplomas, each for USD 800.

As a result of investigative activities, seals and stamps of more than 100 organizations, including banking, medical and educational institutions operating in Georgia, were seized.

The investigation is under way under the first part of article 362 of the criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment up to 3 years.