Tbilisi: The office of Prosecution Services of Georgia has charged two people for committing a fraud. The accused obtained a large amount of money through illegal means on the name of apartments allocation to victims.
According to the information  the Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against two persons for fraudulently obtaining a large amount of money. Many other members of the group were involved in this offense with a prior agreement. The two accused were associated with a construction company. One accused was the company’s director  whereas another was associated with  it as a lawyer.
After obtaining the initial reports a detailed investigation was sought. The investigation was executed by an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The result of the investigation carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was that the director of the construction company “Level +” LLC and the lawyer of the same company resold the already sold apartments of the multi-story residential building to other persons by preparing false documents in connivance.
The accused also signed apartment purchase agreements with the victims and sold them the apartments in the residential building at 63 Mokhbata Street and Ghir Kursantta Street 5b in Tbilisi. In addition the criminal group members were selling apartments on the 10th and 11th floors of the residential building.
However  they had only obtained a construction permit for the 9-storey residential building. In this way  the defendants defrauded 466491 GEL belonging to 8 victims with a false promise to deliver the apartments based on false documents.
Law enforcement officers after conclusion of investigation  arrested both of them on August 14. They were charged under Article 180, Part 2, “A” and Part 3, Sub-Clause “B” of the Criminal Code of Georgia (Fraud on a large scale, committed by a pre-agreed group ). The abovementioned legal provision provides for a jail term which can be extended up to 9 years.
The prosecutor’s office has already applied to the court to send the accused to imprisonment as a preventive measure . On the other hand  the investigation of the criminal case in the Ministry of Internal Affairs continues to fix the responsibility of other accused in the case as well.
