Police have detained three individuals for abuse of power, illegal entrepreneurship and money laundering in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
Law enforcers say one businessman and his close friend illegally obtained several thousands of cubic meters of inert material from November 2019 to February 2020 in Gurjaani, Lagodekhi municipalities.
They prepared 140 forged documents and sold the inert material to various companies. Afterwards they received a large amount of money.
The State Security Service of Georgia reports that the mentioned individuals have been assisted in the illegal activities by the employer of the regional division of the Environment Protection Supervision Department. He used to warn the offenders in advance of an expected tax audit, as a result of which their illegal activities were not revealed.
The criminal activities caused material damage to the state in the amount of several hundred thousand GEL.
The crime is punishable from six to nine years of imprisonment.