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 attempted misappropriation of large amount of someone’s property by deceit.

Investigation determined that the accused person, with the help of other individuals, in order to fraudulently appropriate 39 932.00 square meters of land plot, belonging to the foreigner citizens, having value of GEL 4 412 100 in the village of Tsavkisi, attempted to use forged power of attorney drafted in Italian, as if it was issued in Genoa, Italy. 

The accused person found a buyer of the above-mentioned land plot for USD 130 000 and was arrested in the process of selling the property.

Investigation is underway under the Article 19 and second and third parts of Article 180 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 6 to 9 years. 

Relevant investigative measures are being continued in order to identify and expose other persons involved in the crime.