As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, the representatives of the Investigation service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, detained one person on the fact of legalization of illegal income and use of forged tax documentation. 

The investigation revealed that the accused person, holding the position of the head of one of the companies operating in Adjara region of Georgia, for the purpose of gaining a large amount of illegal revenues, entered false data into invoices related to the sale and the origin of timber, releasing in civil circulation illegally obtained timber worth of GEL127 530. 

The investigation is under way under the first part of article 210 and the third part of Article 194 of the criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 9 to 12 years.