The State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) said on July 27 that it arrested a former employee of a law enforcement agency who allegedly used the names of SSSG chief Gela Geladze and Georgian Dream honorary chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili’s son, Tsotne Ivanishvili, to obtain GEL 11,300 (approximately USD 4,500) from the family members of two defendants held in prison.
According to the SSSG, the suspect deceived the family members by promising that the two defendants would be released from prison and later enter into plea agreements, using Geladze’s and Ivanishvili’s names in the process. The agency did not disclose the suspect’s name, the identities of the two defendants whose release he allegedly promised, or the law enforcement agency where the individual worked.
The investigation is underway under Article 180 of Georgia’s Criminal Code, which covers fraud involving large amounts of money and carries a prison sentence of six to nine years.
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