One arrested for selling fake negative PCR test papers

The detainee is a citizen of Georgia. Photo: Ministry of Finance press office. 

Agenda.ge, 24 Mar 2021 - 11:37, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgian law enforcers have detained one individual for making and selling fake, negative PCR test certificates. 

The Georgian Ministry of Finance has reported that the detainee, who is a citizen of Georgia, sold fake documents for 200 GEL (60 USD) each. 

 He made the fake documents on behalf of a medical institution in Imereti region, western Georgia, without any lab examinations,” said the ministry. 

Law enforcers have confiscated pre-signed and stamped blank sheets in large quantities.