Representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, in coordination with the State Security Service and the Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia, based on the court ruling of September 25, 2025, detained as an accused one of the manager of a company, citizen of the Republic of Türkiye - O.B., and another manager – B.P., who left the state border of Georgia, was charged in absentia and will be put on the wanted list.

Investigation determined that a company, registered in Tbilisi, has been systematically participating in state tenders announced by the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, the Khashuri and Chkhorotsku municipalities, United Water Supply Company of Georgia and JSC “Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation” for years and performing coastal reinforcement works throughout Georgia.

Turnover, declared by the company exceeds GEL 17 mln. Managers of the company, while carrying out their activities and receiving millions of GEL from the budgetary organizations, systematically misdeclared amounts payable to the budget. Thus, they deliberately evaded paying a particularly large amount of taxes to the state budget.

As a result of the audit, the taxpayer was charged GEL 1 423 887.91 in favor of the state budget, including GEL 673 742 as a principal amount.

Appropriate measures are being undertaken in the case to seize the property of the company and its managers and compensate for the damage caused to the state budget.

Investigation is underway under the Article 218, part 2, sub-paragraph “b” of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which as a type of sentence, envisages imprisonment from five to eight years.

Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia will continue to implement a strict criminal justice policy against crimes committed in the financial-economic sphere and calls on business entities to ensure timely payment of tax arrears to the state budget.