Former senior officials of the Ministry of Defense will be indicted today, July, 28.
The State Security Service of Georgia [SSSG] detained a former Deputy Minister of Defence, former head of the Ministry`s Procurement Department, and a close relative of the then-Minister of Defence on charges of large-scale embezzlement.
The investigation has so far revealed that the criminal group devised and executed a plan that led to the embezzlement of GEL 1,333,728 from the state budget.
The arrests stem from a scheme in 2023 involving the misappropriation of a significant amount of funds belonging to the Ministry of Defence, carried out by a group using their official positions and pre-arranged agreement.