Foreign citizen detained on the fact of selling forged money in large quantities

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Foreign citizen detained on the fact of selling forged money in large quantities

Today, 10:30

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, representatives of Investigation Service of Ministry of Finance of Georgia detained a foreign citizen on the fact of selling forged money in large quantities.

Investigation determined that the accused, in order to receive illegal material benefit, sold 350 forged USD 100 bills, totaling USD 35,000, in the Adjara region.

As a result of investigative activities, all the forged bills were completely seized.

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