As a result of investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, two persons were detained on the fact of taking fraudulent possession of a large amount of another person’s property by the organized group.

The investigation determined that the accused persons, together with other members of the organized group, with the intention of deceiving citizens’ property, established trading platform where, with the motive of investing money, they were contacting citizens of foreign countries mainly and promising allegedly making a profit in trade, the funds were transferred to the accounts under the control of the members of the organized group, on which they fraudulently took possession.

The investigation determined that with the mentioned criminal scheme, the accused persons took possession on GEL 340 000 approximately belonging to a citizen of a foreign country.

In the process of investigation, as a result of search of the call center located in Tbilisi under the management of the accused persons, information containing the personal data of foreign citizens was seized.

The investigation is underway under Articles 180 and 194 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 9 to 12 years.

Corresponding investigative activities are being carried out in order to identify and expose other persons involved in the mentioned crime.