Tbilisi: The Georgian public prosecutor’s office has charged two people for online fraud. The accused received a large amount of illegal money through a fake call center.
It is to be specifically mentioned that after receiving the information, the investigative services of the Ministry of Finance carried out an investigation. The investigation revealed that the members of the organized group had been running a fake call center to lure international nationals.
Accused have further established an electronic trading platform under the garb of a fake call center to avoid detection by intelligence agencies. After creating the fake center they contacted foreign nationals under fictitious names. Using the fake names the accused gave foreign nationals the impression of a reliable investment company. They offered to invest money for profit but fraudulently misappropriated the money they received from the foreign national on the name of investment.
At the same time the investigation further revealed that the members of the organized group fraudulently took over 340000 GEL belonging to an Australian citizen and committed financial fraud as per the Georgian criminal code.
It is to be added that both detainees have been charged under Article 180 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, part 3, part “b” and part 4, part “a” sub-paragraph. The section mentioned covered the offense of deception of a large amount of money by an organized group for the purpose of illegal purpose.
These are some of the strict provisions of Georgian law and if the accused is found guilty they can be sent to a jail term which will be a minimum of sevan year and a maximum of up to ten years.
Meanwhile based on the prosecutor’s office’s petition the accused have already been sentenced to prison as a preventive measure. As per the information at this stage four members of the organized group have been detained in the mentioned criminal case. Further investigation is under way to ascertain the role of the other people involved in the crime as well.
