Finance Ministry investigators charge one for tax forgery, money laundering
Charges against the arrested person include tax evasion, with the body saying the offender had failed to declare the company's income, resulting in losses of around ₾172,615 ($65,887) for the state budget. Photo: The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry
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The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry has charged one individual for purchase and sale of illegally acquired property, production and use of forged tax documents and money laundering, the state body announced on Thursday.
The Service said its investigation had found the offender had purchased illegally obtained wood material worth about ₾640,183 ($244,358) in western Georgia's Imereti region.
It also said the individual issued false tax invoices in the name of the company under their management to conceal the illegal origins of a total of 1,163 cubic metres of the material before selling it.
Charges against the arrested person include tax evasion, with the body saying the offender had failed to declare the company's income, resulting in losses of around ₾172,615 ($65,887) for the state budget.
The crime is punishable by imprisonment between nine and 12 years.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry has charged two individuals for selling expired foreign-made chocolate products that included "microorganisms harmful to human health", the state body said on Tuesday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance seized ₾100,000 ($38,247) worth of excise-free tobacco throughout the country in July, the body said in its update of statistics on Thursday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia on Tuesday arrested two individuals for selling counterfeit currency.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry on Friday charged eight individuals, including a former official, with fraudulent appropriation of state-owned plots of land.
Seven individuals have been detained in western Georgia's Samegrelo region for tax avoidance using forged documents and causing a loss of ₾214,730 ($81,498) to the state budget, the Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry said on Friday.