The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office has indicted one foreign country and four Georgian citizens who were detained for large amounts of fraud and large amounts of fraud attempts by the group under pre-agreement.
The Prosecution Service of Georgia shared details of this heinous crime through its official Facebook Page on August 16, 2026, Sunday. It is worth noting that the State Security Service of Georgia conducted an in-depth investigation into this case.
Cause of charges
According to the investigation conducted by the Ministry of Finance’s Investigation Service, it was established that one of the defendants promised to help the affected foreign nationals in obtaining a residence certificate, in exchange for fraudulently extorting 14 500 US dollars.
The investigation also found that the defendants promised to the victim as if they would help to establish the legal basis of his presence in Georgia and cross the Georgian-Armenian border and return, for which they demanded 5000 US dollars, and they took 3000 US dollars in advance.
Criminal charges were laid against the suspects
The detainees will be charged under Article 180 of the Criminal Code of Georgia 3 Part “B” sub-section (large quantities of fraud) and Article 19.180 of the Criminal Code 2 “a” and 3 “b” sub-sections (attempted large quantities of fraud by the group under prior agreement).
It considers imprisonment up to 9 years in the form of punishment. The Prosecutor’s Office will apply to the court with a request for imprisonment as a preventive measure for the accused within the time limit established by law.
