As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia have identified five facts of illegal entrepreneurial activity.

The investigation has revealed that In order to avoid taxes and fees applicable to business activities, the offenders carried out currency exchange transactions in Samegrelo, Mtskheta-Mtianeti and Kaheti regions, without proper registration of the National Bank.

The investigation is under way under the first part of article 192 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 1 to 3 years.