Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia detained former manager of Batumi branch of one of the commercial banks on the fact of misappropriation of a large amount of money belonging to the same bank by manufacturing and using forged settlement documents, using official position.

Investigation determined that the accused person, in order to receive illegal material benefits, from 2015 until April 2021, prepared forged agreements of opening and closing the deposit, income and outgoings orders of the box office and illegally appropriated large amounts of money belonging to the bank.

At this stage of investigation it has been determined, that the total amount of misappropriated money estimates GEL 2 467 667, USD 180 480 and EUR 80 000.

Investigation is underway under the second part of Article 210 and second and third parts of Article 182 of Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 7 to 11 years.