2 detained for misappropriation of state-owned property by fraud
The crime is punishable by seven to 10 years imprisonment. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The Investigative Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry has detained two individuals for the misappropriation of state-owned property by fraud.
Police have determined that the detainees have registered 32,000 square meters of state-owned land plots in Chiatura municipality, Georgia’s western Imereti region, using fraudulent acceptance-delivery acts.
Seven more individuals have been charged with organizing and participating in the crime.
The total market value of the land plots is GEL 29,660.
The land plots have been confiscated.
An investigation is underway to identify other individuals involved in the crime.
The crime is punishable by seven to 10 years imprisonment.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry has arrested one for fraud.
The State Audit Office of Georgia has released reports on possible financial crimes and violations in several municipalities of Georgia.
Funds for twenty-seven projects planned by the government worth more than 400 million GEL ($135 mln/€122.4 mln) have still not been used, say data available from the first half of the year, the State Audit Office’s Budget Monitor reports.
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.
Three individuals have been detained for the unlawful misappropriation of property, announces the Investigation Service of Ministry of Finance of Georgia.
Police have arrested a member of the council of the western Georgian town of Tsalenjikha with the charge of conspiracy to manufacture fraudulent papers of land ownership in the town, the State Security Service (SSS) of the country said on Monday.
Six individuals, including a former official, have been charged with fraudulent appropriation of a large amount of state property, the Investigation Service of the Georgian Finance Ministry announced on Monday.
A public official is among 20 individuals who have been charged with misappropriation of state lands in the central Shida Kartli municipality of Georgia between 2020-2021.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday announced a new initiative to declare amnesty for illegally registered state-owned agricultural plots.