Six ex-officials in Georgia detained on the case of transferring one million dollars to a fictitious enterprise

After a five-hour interrogation in the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, Alexander Khetaguri, ex-Minister of Finance and Energetics, Nika Gvaramia, ex-Minister of Education and Justice, presently Director General of “Rustavi-2”, Kakha Damenia, ex-Deputy Minister of Economy, Devi Kandelaki, Director General of “Telasi” stock-company, and two more high-ranking officials were detained.

The detainees are suspected of complicity in transferring one million dollars to a fictitious enterprise for allegedly consulting energetics companies, Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia reported.

According to the investigation, the detained persons created a company “LNM Service”, Gvaramia and Khetaguri processed a forged document on works done and services rendered. Money was transferred to “LNM Service” account from companies “Telasi”, HRAM-1 and HRAM-2 belonging to Russian “Inter RAO EES”, “Georgia online” referring to the Ministry of Finance reports.

The investigation is carried out according to clauses “bribe-taking”, “active bribery”, ”manufacturing, use or sale of a forged document, seal, stamp or blank”, ”manufacturing, use or sale of a forged credit card or accounting form”, “illegal use of an eco-brand”, IA “Novosti-Georgia” reports.