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 one person, on the fact of manufacturing and using forged tax document and misappropriating large amount of the state-owned money in Adjara Region.

Investigation determined that the accused person, in order to receive illegal material benefit, on behalf of two companies under his management, issued forged tax invoices amongst each other, for construction/repair services worth of GEL 1 079 560 and thus, created counterfeit assets in the amount of GEL 164 678 to the company owned by him, and as a result of which, fraudulently misappropriated GEL 13 584.

Investigation is underway under the first part of Article 210 and third part of Article 180 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisage imprisonment from 6 to 9 years.