Georgian state official detained for misappropriation of budget funds

Head of the Programs and Services Agency of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia’s Finance and Economy Ministry has been detained for the misappropriation of budget funds. 

The Georgian prosecutor’s office reported that the state official misappropriated more than 100,000 GEL (about $32,185/€27,455) which had been allocated for various state programmes and transferred them to his own bank account and betting account.   

The detainee was charged with several crimes such as misappropriation of large sums of money, falsification and usage of official documents and legalisation of an illegal income. 

He was denied bail on August 9. 

The crime is punishable from nine to 12 years of imprisonment.