Former, vice mayor of Zugdidi sentenced to two years in jail
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Former Mayor of Georgian town of Zugdidi Lasha Gogia and vice Mayor Gia Gulordava have been sentenced to two years in jail and four years of parole respectively.
The two were convicted of taking especially large bribes.
The Georgian State Security Service reported that the convicts took $21,500 bribe in the first half of 2018.
Gogia and his deputy Gia Gulordava resigned on September 12 as the Georgian State Security Service launched an investigation concerning the corruption case.
Later, in 2018 they were arrested for bribery.
A Tbilisi city court has set a bail of 5,000 GEL for Levan Shonia, the former governor of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, after the Anti-Corruption Agency under the State Security Service of Georgia filed criminal charges against the former governor and had him detained.
The head of Economic Policy and Service Management Service under Zugdidi Municipality City Hall Tengiz Kobalia and citizen Khuta B. have been detained by the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Georgian State Security Service for not reporting a crime and giving a false testimony regarding the corruption case of former Zugdidi Mayor Lasha Gogia.
Former Zugdidi Mayor Lasha Gogia and Vice Mayor Gia Gulordava have been detained on charges of financial crimes, the Georgian State Security Service confirms
Georgia’s western Zugdidi municipality Mayor Lasha Gogia and his deputy Gia Gulordava quit their posts yesterday as the Georgian State Security Service had launched an investigation concerning a corruption case which allegedly involves Gogia.