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 fact of fraudulently misappropriating money belonging to a citizen for the purpose of unlawful embezzlement.

Investigation determined that the accused person contacted one of the persons with Internally displaced persons (IDP) status, deceitfully persuaded him, that in exchange for the appropriate amount of money, through the official of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Health, Labor and Social Affairs of Georgia, could increase the IDP score for the interested person and help them to get an apartment ahead of time, free of charge from the state.

With the abovementioned criminal intent, the accused received USD 1,000 from the citizen during which he was detained.

The accused person has confessed the crime. Investigation is being continued under the second part of Article 180 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 4 to 7 years.