Police arrest 8 for fraudulently overcharging tourists for order, service at club
The offenders are facing imprisonment for up to 10 years, the Ministry also said. Photo: Interior Ministry
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Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday said law enforcement officers had arrested eight individuals for fraudulently overcharging tourists for services and products ordered at a club in Tbilisi.
The Ministry said its investigation had established the owners of a nightclub in Georgia’s capital had conspired with taxi drivers to take visitors to a certain bar where, with the assistance of the staff, they illegally overcharged the customers on their orders.
The state body also said threats and psychological coercion were used against the victims in the conspiracy.
Maia Omiadze, the Head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration, highlighted the importance of prevention of “this type of illegal schemes for sustainable development of tourism and reputation of the country”.
Omiadze said the Tourism body appreciated the efforts of the Ministry for “identifying and preventing” such crimes.
The offenders are facing imprisonment for up to 10 years, the Ministry also said.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry on Wednesday said it had charged 14 individuals for fraudulently obtaining a bank loan using false information about their financial circumstances.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday said law enforcements had detained an individual on charges of trafficking minors.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry on Wednesday said it had charged three individuals with appropriation of state financial support by forging documents on handing agricultural products to farmers as part of a state programme.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Sunday said its professionals had arrested a foreign citizen on charges of human trafficking in Georgia’s western Zestaponi municipality.
The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia on Thursday charged three individuals for embezzlement of $122,712 from citizens in a car dealership scheme that worked to deliver vehicles to customers from the United States.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry on Tuesday said it had arrested three individuals, including a foreign national, for an attempted appropriation of property from a company using fraudulent papers.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Ministry of Finance on Thursday said its professionals had identified three cases of attempted smuggling of a “particularly large” quantity of undeclared gold and silver items into the country.