Finance Ministry investigators detain 3 for illegal trademark use
A total of 1,386 packages of different sizes of counterfeit powders worth over ₾44,000 ($17,224) were seized from the operation. Photo: The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry
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The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry on Thursday detained three individuals for illegal use of trademarks.
The Service said its investigation had found the offenders had set up operations in residential houses in Georgia's eastern Kvemo Kartli region where they packaged cheap washing powders using trademarks for branded detergents.
A total of 1,386 packages of different sizes of counterfeit powders worth over ₾44,000 ($17,224) were seized from the operation.
The crime is punishable by imprisonment by three to five years.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry on Tuesday charged two individuals for attempted misappropriation of property using forged documents.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry has charged three and detained one individual for operating illegal gambling businesses in the country's western Adjara and Samegrelo regions, the state body announced on Tuesday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance on Thursday arrested one individual for selling counterfeit money in large quantities.
A public official is among 20 individuals who have been charged with misappropriation of state lands in the central Shida Kartli municipality of Georgia between 2020-2021.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia on Tuesday said it had launched proceedings against an individual after identifying “illegal entrepreneurial activity”, legalisation of illicit income and tax evasion in the country’s Black Sea region of Adjara.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday said its professionals had detained an individual for operating a fraudulent scheme that promised citizens illegal immigration into the United States via Mexico.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Ministry of Finance on Wednesday said its professionals had arrested two individuals for selling counterfeit currency in large quantities.
Seven individuals have been detained for avoiding tax payment using forged documents and causing a loss of ₾200,000 ($78,759) to the budget in the process, the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia said on Monday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia on Friday said one individual had been charged with selling low-quality detergents in the capital city of Tbilisi and Rustavi, a city south-east of the capital, through unlawful use of trademarks.