Two charged with budget fund misappropriation, tax forgery
The Service said its investigation had found the offenders had issued forged invoices and created fictitious assets worth ₾346,367 ($131,080) in the name of companies under their management. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has charged two individuals with tax forgery, misappropriation of state budget funds and damage to state property, the state body said on Tuesday.
The Service said its investigation had found the offenders had issued forged invoices and created fictitious assets worth ₾346,367 ($131,080) in the name of companies under their management.
It also said they had used ₾337,144 ($127,590) of the fake assets’ worth to cover tax obligations and fraudulently appropriated ₾9,223 ($3,490).
The crimes are punishable by imprisonment for a term of four to seven years.
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The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia arrested an individual for fraudulent misappropriation of funds from a foreign investor, the state body announced on Thursday.
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The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has arrested three individuals and charged one for misappropriation of “large amounts of money” belonging to the state by use of forged official documents, the state body said on Wednesday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has launched criminal prosecution against three individuals for “misappropriation of large amounts of state money” through use of forged documents and “false entrepreneurship”.