One arrested for attempted fraud
The detainee faces from four to seven years in jail. Photo: Investigative Service of the Georgian Finance Ministry.
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One was arrested for attempted fraud several days ago.
Police reported that the detainee promised an Iranian national to help obtain a Georgian ID card and passport in exchange for $7,000.
Initially, the detainee received 440 GEL ($153/€136) from the citizen of Iran. Afterwards, police officers detained him.
The detainee faces from four to seven years in jail.
Earlier on July 17, Georgian police detained two for using a large amount of counterfeit $100 bills who brought the banknotes from Turkey and used them in Georgia’s western region of Adjara.
Law enforcers seized $10,000 in counterfeit banknotes as evidence.
The Ministry of Finance’s Investigative Service has detained three men for using counterfeit currency in East Georgia today.
Two Turkish nationals have been detained by the Investigative Agency of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia for the possession and sale of counterfeit money in large quantities.
Georgian police have detained two for using a large amount of counterfeit $100 bills today. Police have reported that they brought the banknotes from Turkey and used them in the region of Adjara, in western Georgia.
Four people have been accused of fraud, including the misappropriation of state property, negligence and falsification of documents by the Investigative Service of Georgian Finance Ministry.
Georgian police have detained one individual for falsifying tax documents in the region of Kvemo Kartli several days ago. Police report that the detainee falsified a VAT (value added tax) invoice and bill of sale to show that he supplied materials worth 96,000 GEL ($30,664/€27,533) to several companies.
Police have detained one individual for falsifying a medical diploma several days ago. Police report that the detainee, who was a director of a vocational education institution, falsified a medical diploma and gave it to another person in exchange for 950 GEL ($322/€290).
The heads of 53 different companies are being investigated for tax evasion and money laundering, the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia reports. Defendants allegedly attempted to retain 100 million GEL ($34.3m/€30.6m) in VAT and avoid transferring it to the state budget.
Georgian businesswoman Laura Ghatchava has been accused of laundering 2.16 million GEL (about $0.74/€0.66 million), the Georgian Ministry of Finance says.