Ex-Tbilisi City Hall official detained for misappropriation of 63,550 GEL
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Two individuals, including the former head of the Municipal Service Development Agency of Tbilisi City Hall, have been detained and three others have been charged with abuse of authority, misappropriation of funds and support of illegal activity by the Georgian State Security Service.
The State Security Service reported earlier today that the former official of Tbilisi City Hall, who has not been identified, purchased 23 laptops from LTD Techraiser while in office.
The Municipal Service Development Agency paid 34,550 GEL (12,000 USD) more for the laptops than their actual price was. With the help of the acting head of the LTD [who is now detained] the former official received the 34,550 GEL (10,000 USD),” the State Security Service says.
The agency reports that the former official also employed two individuals at the agency ‘who never appeared at work.’
The former official, however, had the salary cards issued for the two individuals and illegally received 29,000 GEL,” the State Security Service said.
The crime is punishable by seven to 11 years in prison.
The Georgian State Security Service has detained four individuals for fraud, who promised the head of a company to help him have sanctions against his enterprise removed and to win state tenders.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained an Azerbaijani citizen who has been wanted by Interpol since February 2019 for fraud.
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.
The arrests come in the wake of the capture of four Georgian criminal bosses and 34 Georgian members of criminal groups in France and Greece on April 16-17 through cooperation with the Georgian Interior Ministry.