As a result of investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, one person has been detained, on the fact of deliberately evading particularly large amount of tax.

The investigation determined that the accused had companies registered to different persons actually managed by him. In order to obtain illegal material benefits, the accused, while carrying out entrepreneurial activities on behalf of the mentioned companies, in the period of 2021-2022, in violation of the tax legislation, was systematically made incorrect declarations of income, in which way he avoided paying a total of GEL 3 223 841 to the state budget.

The investigation is being conducted in accordance with Article 218, part 2 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 5 to 8 years.