TBC Bank founder Khazaradze to create civic movement
TBC Bank founder Mamuka Khazaradze says that the Georgian government is unable to ease current tensions in the country. Photo: radioatinati.ge.
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Founder of TBC Bank Mamuka Khazaradze has announced plans to create a new public movement in September, which will attempt to unite Georgia and preserve the country’s freedom and independence.
Khazaradze wrote on his Facebook page that the recent developments in the country [referring to anti-occupation and anti-LGBT rallies] are “alarming” and divide the public, and expressed his support to the youth protesting “occupation and violence” on the Rustaveli square.
Khazaradze said that it is not right to watch the challenges and the problems “the homeland faces” from the backstage.
The consolidation of progressive, pro-western and healthy forces is as important today as ever. It has become obvious that easing tension and ensuring peace has become impossible only through the efforts of the government and political parties,” Khazaradze stated.
Khazaradze said that the movement will unite professionals from different fields, who are unanimous that Georgia should be a European state, with strong economy and the rule of law.
Khazaradze and another founder of TBC Badri Japaridze had to quit the board of the bank earlier this year, following an investigation into a possible money laundering case the Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office launched.
Khazaradze said that the reason for the “ungrounded investigation” could be his involvement in the construction of Georgia’s strategically important Anaklia deep-sea port, the suspicion which was strongly denied by the government.
Georgia’s Deputy Interior Minister Natia Mezvrishvili says that an investigation into the cyber threats against TBC Bank has been long underway. TBC Bank Founder Mamuka Khazaradze said he had informed the Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia on the cyber-attacks against his bank as soon as his IT crew discovered the source of the attack.
The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office has published the letter claimed by TBC Bank founder Mamuka Khazaradze to contain threats from Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia.
Co-founder of TBC Bank Mamuka Khazaradze has demanded the resignation of the head of the National Bank of Georgia Koba Gvenetadze and the creation of an investigation commission regarding the money-laundering case involving top former TBC bankers.
Founder of the Georgian leading bank TBC Mamuka Khazaradze has announced his resignation from the bank’s supervisory council amid a row related to a money-laundering case involving him and another top banker at TBC, Badri Japaridze.
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office have summoned TBC founders Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze to charge them [later today] with laundering $16,754,000. The Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into possible money laundering on 2 August 2018, ‘after the Georgian Financial Monitoring Service sent us a written note about a possible violation’ taking place in 2007- 2008.
Top figures of the Georgian Dream ruling party say that there are no political grounds in the accusations against TBC founders Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, who will be charged with laundering of $16.7 million later today.
A Tbilisi City Court has set 700, 000 GEL bail each for TBC Bank co-founders Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze. They also have been banned from leaving the country without the consent of the prosecutors. The Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office demanded one million GEL bail from each as a restraining measure.