Anti-corruption Agency arrests state official for misappropriation of budget funds
The SSS said the official had misappropriated ₾143,985 ($46,900/€42,992) through unlawful transfers for “various purposes” to his personal bank accounts as well as a betting account. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Tweet 
Share
Law enforcers of the Anti-corruption Agency of the State Security Service of Georgia have arrested the Chief Accountant of the Gori Municipality Culture and Tourism Development Promotion Agency, the state authority announced on Thursday.
The SSS said the official had misappropriated ₾143,985 ($46,900/€42,992) through unlawful transfers for “various purposes” to his personal bank accounts as well as a betting account.
The crime is punishable by four to seven years in prison, or by deprivation of the right to hold office for up to three years.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has charged two individuals for appropriation of 239,450 GEL (about $74,000/€67,400) from Khalik Bank Georgia through a fraudulent scheme.
Georgian law enforcers of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) have detained 11 individuals for helping embezzle €620,000 belonging to German, Austrian, Chinese, Dutch and Norwegian citizens.
Police have detained four individuals for the misappropriation of state-owned property by fraud, announced the Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office.
The Investigation Department of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has uncovered an international fraud scheme.
Kutaisi City Court in Georgia’s west has charged an individual with fraudulent embezzlement of money from citizens using false pretenses, including a promise of releasing a prisoner from detention, the Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday.
The anti-corruption agency of Georgia’s state security service has charged the former and current directors of the Gori municipality culture and tourism department promotion agency for the neglect of official duties, the state authority announced on Friday.