As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, brought to the criminal liability one person, on the fact of deliberate tax evasion committed in particularly large quantities.

Investigation determined that the accused person, who was head of one of the companies operating in Kvemo Kartli region, by violating tax legislation, was systematically incorrectly declaring income, thus avoiding paying particularly large amounts of taxes.

As a result of the tax audit, the company received a total of GEL 232 507, from which the basic tax was GEL 155 422.

Investigation is underway under the second part of Article 218 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 5 to 8 years.