Press releases

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, accused and brought to the criminal liability two persons on the fact of attempted fraudulent misappropriation of particularly large amount of state owned money by manufacturing and using forged tax document.

As a result of the operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, six persons were brought to the criminal liability, three of which were detained, on the fact of manufacturing and selling of forged official documents.

Head of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia - Soso Ramishvili together with the other officials hosted Mr.Tibor Draskovics, the team leader of the EU funded project “Support to the Public Administration Reform in Georgia” and Mr. Hendrikus Van Boxmeer, senior expert in transparency and accountability. At the introductory meeting the parties discussed specific areas of future cooperation.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia brought to the criminal liability two persons, one of whom is detained on the fact of misappropriation of lawfully held state funds in large quantities, using the official position.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, based on the court ruling detained one person on the fact of fraudulent misappropriation of large amount of state fund and large amount of property damage to the state budget through the way of manufacturing and using of forged tax documents.

On November 17th, 2021 head of Tbilisi Main Division of Investigation Department of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, Mr. Besik Tsikhelashvili participated in the online 3rd meeting of Steering Committee of the project on “Enhancing the systems of prevention and combating corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing in Georgia”, organized by the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) of the Council of Europe.