Georgian police detained one foreign citizen on charges of group embezzlement of a large sum of money

Police in Georgia detained one foreign citizen on charges of group embezzlement of a large sum of money, while another person was charged in absentia. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

“Employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, as a result of operational measures and investigative actions, detained a citizen of the Republic of Armenia, born in 1977, A.M., on charges of embezzling a large sum of money belonging to other persons, committed by a group of individuals in prior collusion and using their official position. In addition, a citizen of Ukraine, born in 1976, R.T., was charged in absentia.

The investigation established that the accused had founded LLC Kinderli Georgia, which acted as an intermediary company between biological parents and surrogate mothers. In particular, in order to fulfill its obligations, LLC Kinderli Georgia sought surrogate mothers and concluded contracts with them on behalf of the biological parents, acting as their representatives.

It was also established that the accused, acting on behalf of the said LLC, attracted large sums of money from citizens of the People’s Republic of China and, instead of using the funds received from the biological parents for the medical and daily expenses of surrogate mothers, rental housing, and compensation stipulated by the contracts, misappropriated the money for their own benefit by abusing their official position.

The investigation is being conducted under subparagraphs “a” and “d” of part 2, as well as subparagraph “b” of part 3 of Article 182 of the Criminal Code of Georgia. The crime carries a sentence of up to 11 years of imprisonment,” the ministry stated.