Prosecutor's Office charges 7 for defrauding foreign citizens
It added investigative efforts were ongoing to identify and expose other individuals or legal entities involved in the case, with the crime punishable by seven to 10 years in prison. Photo: Prosecutor's Office of Georgia
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The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia on Tuesday said it had charged five foreign and two Georgian nationals for operation of a fraudulent scheme to illegally acquire a “large amount of money” from individuals living abroad.
The Office said its investigation into the transnational crime had established the offenders communicated with the citizens of foreign countries by using fake social media accounts, with the victims asked to transfer their funds to bank accounts on “various false and fabricated grounds”.
The body said the alleged offenders also used social media to contact a Dutch citizen who transferred €128,424 to the bank accounts of the operators of the scheme in Georgia.
It added investigative efforts were ongoing to identify and expose other individuals or legal entities involved in the case, with the crime punishable by seven to 10 years in prison.
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