As a result of operational measures and investigative actions, officers of Anti-Trafficking and Illegal Migration Division under the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, arrested A.M., a citizen of the Republic of Armenia, born in 1977, and charged R.T. - a citizen of Ukraine, born in 1976 in absentia for illegally appropriating of large amount of cash, committed by group.

The committed crime envisions up to 11 years of imprisonment.

The investigation established that the defendants had founded Kinderly Georgia LLC, which was an intermediary company between biological parents and surrogate mothers. In particular, in order to fulfill its obligations, Kinderly Georgia LLC searched for surrogate mothers and concluded contracts with them on behalf of the biological parents, as their representatives.

The investigation also revealed that the defendants, on behalf of the aforementioned LLC, had embezzled a large amount of money from citizens of the Republic of China and, instead of using financial sources received from the biological parents for the surrogate mothers medical and daily expenses, as well as to cover the rent of the apartment and the remuneration provided for in the contract, they had misappropriated the received money received by using their official position.

The investigation is ongoing under Article 182, II part, Subparagraphs "a" and "d", as well as part III, Subparagraph "b" of the Criminal Code of Georgia.