As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia detained 2 heads of a company registered in Georgia on the fact of taking property of another person by deceit, in large quantities, through the manufacturing and using of forged documents confirming property rights, committed by more than one person with a preliminary agreement.

Investigation determined that the accused persons, whose field of activity was to buy and sell cars, offered the representatives of foreign companies assistance in buying and delivering cars from the centers in Georgia.

With the intention of taking property of another person, the accused persons manufactured forged invoices related to the purchase of cars, where they entered false data, as if the luxury cars desired by the customer were purchased from auto centers. Certain amount of money was transferred to the accounts of the centers, with which, instead of the cars ordered by foreign companies, the cars desired by the accused persons were purchased, which were then sold by them to different persons. At this stage, damage caused to foreign companies estimates GEL 4 163 332 in total.

During the process of investigation the movable and immovable property and bank accounts in the name of the company and the accused persons were seized.

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