One detained for selling falsified documents to individuals to help receive coronavirus financial assistance
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Police have detained one individual for falsifying documents, which he later sold to 11 individuals who intended to benefit from the state compensation programme for people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, reports the Investigation Service of the Georgian Finance Ministry.
The Investigation Service reports that the detainee, who was convicted of producing fake documents in the past, is currently on parole.
The investigation found that the detainee made and sold each fake document for 50 GEL (about $16) in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
The crime is punishable by up to three years in prison.
One Turkish citizen has been detained for smuggling and using fake currency, announces the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance.
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.
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.
A Georgian citizen has been arrested for illegally creating fraudulent United States (US) visas.
Three people have tested positive in Georgia over the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 808. However, with 13 more recoveries the number of infected individuals has decreased to 132.