Three prosecuted for appropriating money from foreign citizens
Investigators are working to reveal “other potential members” of the group, the Prosecutor General’s Office also said, adding the crimes were punishable by between six and 12 years in prison. Photo: video grab
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The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office has launched proceedings against three citizens of Georgia and Nigeria, who have been charged with appropriation of funds from foreign citizens through fraud and money laundering.
The said on Monday the offenders had offered fraudulent investment and services to foreign citizens and received about ₾647,000 ($249,566) for the goals to an account set up for the purpose of the scheme, before wiring the money to their own bank accounts.
They then used the funds to obtain luxury vehicles, with three cars worth ₾360,000 ($138,862) that had been registered in their names seized by police officers in the state body’s operation in its investigation.
Investigators are working to reveal “other potential members” of the group, the Prosecutor General’s Office also said, adding the crimes were punishable by between six and 12 years in prison.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia arrested two individuals for fraudulent misappropriation of funds by manufacture and use of forged documents, the Service said on Wednesday.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday said it had solved a transnational crime and launched criminal prosecution against seven individuals for fraudulent appropriation of $217,000 (₾596,612) from three large international companies.
Tbilisi City Court has found 14 individuals guilty for defrauding tourists in Kalakuri and Royal nightclubs in Georgian capital Tbilisi, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday.
The Investigation Department of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has uncovered an international fraud scheme.
The Police Department of Georgia’s western region of Adjara has detained one person for violation of safety regulations following an incident that led to the death of a minor in the seaside city’s boulevard on Sunday.
The Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia on Saturday said it had charged one individual for giving a bribe to an official.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance on Thursday arrested one individual for selling counterfeit money in large quantities.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday said it had arrested an individual who had defrauded citizens of ₾295,650 ($114,000) and $135,000 by misrepresenting themselves as an official of the prosecutorial body and promising real estate deals below market prices.
The Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia has charged two foreign citizens with money laundering in a case involving transnational crime, the state body announced on Saturday.