The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has charged one person with fraudulently acquiring a large amount of money.

An investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Agency of the State Security Service of Georgia revealed that a person who had been convicted three times in the past intended to appropriate a large amount of money belonging to someone else and convinced the family members of two defendants in a penitentiary that he would secure their release with the involvement and assistance of the son of the Honorary Chairman of the Georgian Dream, Tsotne Ivanishvili, and the Head of the State Security Service, Geka Geladze, and subsequently conclude a plea agreement on a non-custodial sentence. In exchange for allegedly preparing the necessary conditions and obtaining alternative expert opinions acceptable to the defense, the defendant periodically asked the victim for money and received various amounts.

As a result, the accused fraudulently acquired a large amount of money belonging to someone else, 11,300 GEL, for the purpose of unlawful appropriation.

The person arrested for the above-mentioned act was charged under Article 180, Part 3, Subparagraph “b” and Part 4, Subparagraph “b” of the Criminal Code of Georgia (fraud, taking possession of another person’s property by deception for the purpose of unlawful appropriation, committed in a large amount, by a person who has been convicted twice or more for unlawful appropriation of another person’s property), which provides for a term of imprisonment of seven to ten years.

The Prosecutor’s Office shall apply to the court within the time limit established by law with a request to use imprisonment as a preventive measure against the accused.