As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, carried out in coordination with Kvemo Kartli Regional Prosecutor’s Office, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, detained two persons on the fact of commercial bribery and manufacturing and selling forged official documents, as a group.

Investigation determined that the accused person, who worked as an inspector of one of the technical inspection center, located in Marneuli and who was responsible for conducting the testing of motor vehicles in accordance with the requirements of the technical regulations, in order to receive personal illegal material benefit, with a person being in a criminal relationship with him, issued a report of positive passing the technical inspection on a technically defective motor vehicle, for which he requested and accepted GEL 100 from a citizen.

It is determined, that at the technical inspection center, forged reports of positive passing technical inspections were systematically issued for defective vehicles. In connection with this, appropriate investigative activities are being carried out.

Investigation is underway under the fourth part of the Article 221 and the first part of the Article 362 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which as a type and extent of sentence, envisage imprisonment from 4 to 6 years.