The Procedural Management Department for Criminal Cases of Fraud of the Tbilisi Prosecutor’s Office has charged a foreign citizen with fraudulently acquiring a large amount of money.

The investigation conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs established that the accused met the victim as an official distributor of one of the companies in Georgia and agreed to purchase heating systems and installation services from him. He transferred 136,000 GEL to the victim’s company account, which he completely appropriated and used for personal purposes.

Law enforcement officers arrested the accused based on a judge’s ruling. He was charged under Article 180, Part 3, Subparagraph “b” of the Criminal Code of Georgia (fraud, committed in a large amount), which provides for up to 9 years of imprisonment as a form and measure of punishment.

The Prosecutor’s Office has already applied to the court with a request to impose imprisonment as a preventive measure on the accused.