Press releases

Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia carries out effective measures with an aim to prevent, detect and suppress financial-economic crimes in the fiscal system. Within the scope of its activities, Investigation Service has started investigation on 9 criminal cases against 53 individuals and a large-scale criminal scheme has been exposed, which considered tax evasion in particularly large quantities by manufacturing and using counterfeited tax documents and legalization of illicit income.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out by representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, one person has been detained in the region of Adjara on the fact of manufacturing and sale of forged document.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia exposed director of private forensics institute and head of laboratory on the fact of manufacturing and sale of forged official documents in the region of Imereti.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia have brought charges against seven defendants, on the fact of acquisition of state property in large amount by deceit, using forged documents with intention to obtain title on the property for unlawful appropriation committed by more than one person with a prior agreement.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia detained one person on the facts of commercial bribery and production and sale of forged documents, envisaged by third part of article 221 and fist part of article 362 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.

As a result of an ongoing investigation on creation and use of counterfeited VAT assets jointly by more than one person, on July 27, 2019, Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance has detained G.T., an owner one of Cyprus-based oil company and representative of the same company in Georgia V.K., who were managing oil companies registered in Georgia.