As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, in coordination with the Shida Kartli and Mtskheta-Mtianeti District Prosecutor`s Offices, one citizen of Azerbaijan - F.G. and two citizens of the Republic of Belarus, A.P. and A.V. were detained on the fact of illegal entrepreneurial activities as a group.

Investigation determined that the accused individuals, in order to obtain illegal material benefits, exchanged various convertible virtual assets from the facilities located in Tbilisi and Batumi without the mandatory registration at the National Bank of Georgia, as a result of which they received a large amount of income in the form of a commission from the converted asset.

As a result of the investigative activities, USD 246 975, GEL 103 210, EUR 1 705, and various foreign currencies were seized in the form of cash.

Investigation is underway under the second part of Article 192 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which as a type of sentence, envisages imprisonment from three to five years. Relevant measures are being carried out in order to identify and expose other individuals involved in the abovementioned crime, tax evasion and possible legalization of illegal income.