The Prosecutor General’s Office solved a transnational crime and charged 2 individuals and a company for money laundering that targeted Procter & Gamble, a US-based multinational consumer goods corporation.

According to the agency, the alleged offenders had contacted the corporation with a fake email of a partner firm and fraudulently obtained EUR 333,132, transferred by the corporation following the exchange to a bank account of a fictitious company in Georgia.

The group later transferred the money abroad in several batches, the Office added, noting the individuals had been charged with fraud in France.

Arrested and sentenced to preventative detention, the individuals face 9 to 12 years in prison if found guilty by Georgian courts. Their company may be closed, fined or banned from work.